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To be gas station. Here is shown property secured by the British American Oil Co., to be turned into a combined office building and gasoline station, (...)
To be gas station. Here is shown property secured by the British American Oil Co., to be turned into a combined office building and gasoline station, (...)

To be gas station. Here is shown property secured by the British American Oil Co., to be turned into a combined office building and gasoline station, (...)

Date4/28/1929
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Original Toronto Star caption: To be gas station. Here is shown property secured by the British American Oil Co.; to be turned into a combined office building and gasoline station; which forms part of the original 100-acre crown grant to William Jarvis in 1811.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112887F
Metric protests: An anti-metric protester's sign puts a finger on the problem at old city hall yesterday when two gas station owners appeared charged with selling gasoline in gallons
Metric protests: An anti-metric protester's sign puts a finger on the problem at old city hall yesterday when two gas station owners appeared charged with selling gasoline in gallons
1/25/1985
Small-Oil lobbyist: Jim Conrad, executive director of the Canadian Federation f Independent Petroleum Marketers, pumps gas at a Pioneer station, one of the independents whose interests he represents
Small-Oil lobbyist: Jim Conrad, executive director of the Canadian Federation f Independent Petroleum Marketers, pumps gas at a Pioneer station, one of the independents whose interests he represents
3/13/1981
Sign of the times: Star reporter Rick Brennan argues with gas station owner Neil Shepherd, who's refusing to gas Russian-made Lada cars
Sign of the times: Star reporter Rick Brennan argues with gas station owner Neil Shepherd, who's refusing to gas Russian-made Lada cars
5/21/1980
High-tech gas bar: Esso is testing an automated system of selling gas at one Metro station with a credit-card machine that operates like a bank cash dispenser
High-tech gas bar: Esso is testing an automated system of selling gas at one Metro station with a credit-card machine that operates like a bank cash dispenser
1/31/1985
Gassing it up: Jack Halpert, left, a gas station owner who is defying Ottawa by selling gas by the gallon, puts a headlock on Ken Long, sporting a Pierre Trudeau mask
Gassing it up: Jack Halpert, left, a gas station owner who is defying Ottawa by selling gas by the gallon, puts a headlock on Ken Long, sporting a Pierre Trudeau mask
11/1/1982
Rald's aftermath: Shattered glass litters the floor of a storefront factory in Concord after a combined police force smashed windows to lob in tear gas, surprising a man sleeping on the floor
Rald's aftermath: Shattered glass litters the floor of a storefront factory in Concord after a combined police force smashed windows to lob in tear gas, surprising a man sleeping on the floor
3/2/1983
Geo. D. Morse & Co., manufacturers of soap, candles & lard oil works, Don Station, office, 26 West Market Square, Toronto
Geo. D. Morse & Co., manufacturers of soap, candles & lard oil works, Don Station, office, 26 West Market Square, Toronto
Approximately 1873
T.T.C., bus #729, at gas station, Danforth Avenue, near Donlands Avenue
T.T.C., bus #729, at gas station, Danforth Avenue, near Donlands Avenue
1952
Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
11/3/1983
Employees escape unharmed in gas station fire
Employees escape unharmed in gas station fire
3/14/1986
Rita Stocklin mans the gas pumps at her own Esso Station on the Lakeshore near Bathurst St
Rita Stocklin mans the gas pumps at her own Esso Station on the Lakeshore near Bathurst St
10/8/1970
Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station
Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station
9/14/1971