A poster featuring an illustration of a phoenix rising from the flames.

IIIF

Toronto Women's Bookstore fire sale

Date1983

Names

Unknown (artist)

Format

Ephemera

Notes

A poster advertising a Fire Sale at the Toronto Women's Bookstore's (296 Brunswick Ave.) temporary location. The large fire sale of damaged books begins on September 26, 1983.

Subject

Sales

Bookstores

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Palmerston-Sussex Ulster

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Posters

DimensionsLeaf size: 28 cm x 21.5 cm (11 in. x 8 7/16 in.)

Extent

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

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Call Number / Accession NumberSuddon_0091

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