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A group of children are gathered around a woman seated on a chair facing them. Shelves of books ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's Room.
A group of children are gathered around a woman seated on a chair facing them. Shelves of books line the wall beyond.

Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's Room.

Date1921
Names
(author)
Alternate Title
  • Story hour in the Earlscourt Library
Format
Notes

Alternative title derived from image caption published in Toronto Public Library, Thirty-Seventh Annual Report for the Year 1920, facing page 29.

Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Toronto Public Library. Dufferin/St. Clair branch
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:St. Clair Avenue West
Neighbourhood:Wychwood-Hillcrest
North-south street:Dufferin Street
Province or state:Ontario
Medium
CollectionToronto Public Library Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTPL-A-0265
A woman stands near a table where children are reading. The surrounding walls are covered with ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's area, north wing
1964?
People browse reading material in the children's area of a library.
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, Children's area, north wing
1964?
Group of children gathered around a table in the library with adult reading to them
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Children's Room.
1964?-06-29
Readers at tables inside large library room
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Children's Room, south wing
1921
Mural painting on upper interior wall of library above book shelves. 
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior. Adult Reading Room, north wing, east wall showing G. A. Reid murals, completed in 1926
1933
Three rows of empty chairs arranged on a checkerboard pattered floor. A row or artwork hangs on ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: community room, north wing.
1964?
Three women working at desks in the circulation area of a library.
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior, circulation desk and front entrance
1964?
Three people in a library office
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior. Reference desk, south wing.
1971
Image shows a library branch interior with some desks, book stacks and a fireplace. There is st ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt (later Dufferin/St. Clair) Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Interior: Adult Reading Room, north side
1921
Two children stand in front of library entrance.
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Exterior. Two children at Dufferin Street entrance after 1964 renovation.
1964?
Street view of one-story brick building. Awnings cover arched windows on either side of the ent ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch, renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West. Exterior view possibly after the 1964 renovation.
Approximately 1964
Street view of one-story brick building. Awnings cover windows on either side of an entrance fl ...
Toronto Public Library, Earlscourt Branch (renamed Dufferin/St. Clair Branch in 1973), Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Exterior. After 1964 renovation.
1964?