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Green grass to play on and shady trees to dream under are there for the children who live in Wychwood Park, 12 acres of natural beauty in the St. Clai(...)
Green grass to play on and shady trees to dream under are there for the children who live in Wychwood Park, 12 acres of natural beauty in the St. Clai(...)

Green grass to play on and shady trees to dream under are there for the children who live in Wychwood Park, 12 acres of natural beauty in the St. Clai(...)

Date8/31/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Green grass to play on and shady trees to dream under are there for the children who live in Wychwood Park; 12 acres of natural beauty in the St. Clair-Bathurst area. Geoffrey Bonnycastle; 8; and Harriet Nell Barnes; 7; rest on the lawns before the home of Mrs. F. K. Morrow. it is one of the fine old residences located in the park. Development of Wychwood Park started back in 1874 as a colony of artists; but many professional people have since moved in.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115302F
Some 52 families live in Wychwood Park and all of them are like-minded about saving their trees, open spaces and tranquil way of life. There are alway(...)
Some 52 families live in Wychwood Park and all of them are like-minded about saving their trees, open spaces and tranquil way of life. There are alway(...)
8/31/1970
The purpose of the Yonge St. mall, says Alderman William Archer, is people - and that's what he's getting on the 40-odd downtown acres retrieved form (...)
The purpose of the Yonge St. mall, says Alderman William Archer, is people - and that's what he's getting on the 40-odd downtown acres retrieved form (...)
7/31/1972
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
11/11/1974
Gimme shelter: While Toronto broils under 31C (88F) heat yesterday, this young woman finds some relief beneath the shady trees of Kew Gardens on the lakeshore
Gimme shelter: While Toronto broils under 31C (88F) heat yesterday, this young woman finds some relief beneath the shady trees of Kew Gardens on the lakeshore
7/26/1989
Derek Mercer Green Acres caravan park Auckland
Derek Mercer Green Acres caravan park Auckland
7/4/1996
Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
9/10/1969
Kim Jong Ho, a Hungary 12-year-old in South Korea, has been adopted by the 326 pensioners in Bendale Acres home for the elderly. Residents of the home(...)
Kim Jong Ho, a Hungary 12-year-old in South Korea, has been adopted by the 326 pensioners in Bendale Acres home for the elderly. Residents of the home(...)
4/2/1973
Park has 100 acres to lure you, Soaring high over the 100-acre Humber Bay park you can see the sprawling marina where 500 power-boats and sailboats drift lazily out to Lake Ontario
Park has 100 acres to lure you, Soaring high over the 100-acre Humber Bay park you can see the sprawling marina where 500 power-boats and sailboats drift lazily out to Lake Ontario
5/6/1981
Sepia toned photograph of large public building of the restrained Beaux Arts design.
Exhibition Coliseum has 8 1/2 acres under roof
1925
One would ever have thought one could lie on green grass under a warm sun at this time of year in Metro? But April's summerlike weather has awakened t(...)
One would ever have thought one could lie on green grass under a warm sun at this time of year in Metro? But April's summerlike weather has awakened t(...)
4/19/1977
Yonge St. looking north from Gould is no longer a stretch of bumper-to-bumper traffic but a pedestrian-tempting garden of flowers, trees, outdoor tabl(...)
Yonge St. looking north from Gould is no longer a stretch of bumper-to-bumper traffic but a pedestrian-tempting garden of flowers, trees, outdoor tabl(...)
6/20/1973
Yesterday. Thousands of Torontonians strolled casually down the centre of Yonge St. through a maze of trees and temporary gardens set out in the centr(...)
Yesterday. Thousands of Torontonians strolled casually down the centre of Yonge St. through a maze of trees and temporary gardens set out in the centr(...)
5/31/1971