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Almont Hotel, Lakeshore Boulevard W
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1953 (Creation)
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- Salmon, James V.
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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REF.2023.002: Art Photograph
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Vertical black and white image printed on canvas. The image is of a street view of a building. The top of the photo is a grey sky with some electricity and streetcar wires visible. The main part of the image is of a brick building. The building has a tower to the right that is three-storeys tall. The tower is brick on the first floor but white siding on the second and third. Above the third floor, the tower has a rounded top with a tall pole extending from the middle. The left portion of the building is mainly two storeys tall, except in the middle (beside the tower) where it has a triangle with a window and balcony with someone on it and white siding. In the middle of the building, there is a protruding section with multiple windows on the top with blinds over the window and white frames and a sign at the midpoint over the entrance to the door. The rest of the building is brick with some windows. In front of the building is a set of stairs and a white fence. In front of the stairs is a sidewalk with a pole attached to some wires on the right and a sign for the hotel on the left. To the right of the building, there is a wooden pole connected to some of the overhead wires and has a stop light attached at the bottom. To the left of the building is a one storey grey building. In front of the sidewalk is a road with a car driving by near the left edge. The image is within a brown wood frame.
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Mark / Inscription text: GIANT TELEVISION
Mark / Inscription type: Detail/advertisement
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Mark / Inscription technique: Printed
Mark / Inscription position: On front, on the overhang over the door
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
Mark / Inscription text: ALMONT / HOTEL
Mark / Inscription type: Detail/street sign
Mark / Inscription description: Within a curved top rectangle
Mark / Inscription technique: Printed
Mark / Inscription position: On front, in the street sign of the hotel
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
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Image likely taken by James V. Salmon in 1953 as it matches an image within the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Archives.
The Almont Hotel was first built in 1890 by John Sheene as a hotel under his name. The hotel was designed by architect Thomas Butcher and was constructed of solid brick on a stone foundation with the interior including wood beams made from old growth trees (some as old as 150 years). The John Sheene Hotel featured a wrap-around porch and a balcony. Often, farmers would stay at this hotel on their way to and from the market in Toronto as it was halfway between Peel-region and Toronto. As the John Sheene hotel, “being across the street from the [Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital], young people were often sent invitations to dances held to give the patients a chance to socialize”.
The hotel changed names and owners multiple times during the Prohibition era. It was suspected to be a “Blind Pig”, a location that illicitly sold alcohol. By 1935, the hotel was known as the Almont Hotel (unsure on when exactly the hotel made this change).
During the 1950s, a large sign above the front entrance advertised “Giant Television” which was considered a luxury then.
The building is now part of Humber College and is used as a fashion design facility.
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