Jail farm at Langstaff (Toronto, Ont.)

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Jail farm at Langstaff (Toronto, Ont.)

Date3/22/1960

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto

GeographyNeighbourhoodLangstaff

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTS-2-125-GO-453

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Bell tower at Langstaff jail farm may ring out for York University classes. Officials believe farm would be good site for the new university.

Bell tower at Langstaff jail farm may ring out for York University classes. Officials believe farm would be good site for the new university.

Toronto Star (Firm)

3/22/1960

Façade of a three-storey brick building with small barred windows on either side of a protrudin…

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Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

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Shotgun at ready and with axe handles as clubs, the guard and his comrades are on the alert for new disturbances as the Guelph riot ended on a single command from superintendent, Gerald Wright

Shotgun at ready and with axe handles as clubs, the guard and his comrades are on the alert for new disturbances as the Guelph riot ended on a single command from superintendent, Gerald Wright

Ontario Reformatory

7/7/1952

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Guelph Reformatory riots

Ontario Reformatory

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Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them

Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them

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On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

Ontario Reformatory

7/8/1952

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Gale, Jack

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Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Cole, Eric

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