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Automobile repair shop, originally a brewery, Sherbourne Street, southeast corner of Richmond Street East, Toronto, Ontario
One-storey brick garage with gable roof and wood doors propped open. Sign on building façade obstructed by tall wooden post reads, A. Mathieson Expert Automobile Engineer Studebaker Specialist. 

Automobile repair shop, originally a brewery, Sherbourne Street, southeast corner of Richmond Street East, Toronto, Ontario

Date7/22/1922
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Believed to have been malt house & granary of Toronto's first brewery; used as blacksmith's shop from 1877 and later as an automobile repair shop.

Inscribed on recto: "TOR First Brewery". Sign on the building façade states, "A. Mathieson Expert Automobile Engineer Studebaker Specialist"

Toronto City Directory 1920 p. 1501: Chapman & Mathieson Auto Experts (Late of Studebaker Corporation) 97 Sherbourne St Phone Main 5565. Mathieson Alex (Chapman & Mathieson) h 148 Rose Ave.

Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:Richmond Street
Neighbourhood:St. Lawrence
North-south street:Sherbourne Street
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112933F