February 3 in Leslieville: Featuring Carlaw Avenue

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Major John Carlaw for whom Carlaw Avenue was named.
Foreman wanted, Rolph Clark Stone, Globe, February 3, 1923
Crown Cork and Seal, Carlaw Ave, Globe, February 3, 1928
1900 Streetcar at Gerrard and Carlaw looking west with the Don Jail in the distance.
The Leslie Hotel (right) was a corner store on Nov. 5, 1948
245 Carlaw Avenue, The Wrigley Building By Bill Wrigley – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia Commons License
Dickens and Carlaw, 1947 before Dundas Street East was built through the East End.
Carlaw, 1957
Colgate Palmolive Plant, Carlaw Avenue, 1986. Credit: Toronto Public Library.
1921 City of Toronto Directory
Toronto Hydro Electric System (east end station)
245 Carlaw Avenue is on the right, just beyond the broken picket fence. You can just read some of their sign. It says from top to bottom: “Roden Bros. Ltd.; Sterling Silver, Silver Plate; Cut Glass.”
Carlaw and Gerrard Streets – looking north on Gerrard, 1986. Toronto Public Library.
Carlaw looking south from south of Gerrard – [1980s] Miscellaneous, Railway Lands. – [between 1977 and 1998] File consists of 99 photographs, 65 architectural drawings and illustrations, and 47 architectural models depicting Railway Lands urban development.
Carlaw looking south from south of Gerrard – [1980s]

Miscellaneous, Railway Lands. – [between 1977 and 1998]
File consists of 99 photographs, 65 architectural drawings and illustrations, and 47 architectural models depicting Railway Lands urban development. ;Some of the photographs show the Liberty Village area.
349 Carlaw is the curved building, known as The Carlaw, at the southeast corner of Carlaw and Dundas, on the site of the Barthelmes Building. Photo By Joanne Doucette.
View of Queen Street East at Carlaw Avenue, August 31, 1983

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