Dundas Street, looking east from Ridout Street, London, Ontario

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A fuzzy black and white photograph of both north and south sides of Dundas Street, looking east from Ridout. The view is taken from the approximate middle of the dirt street with some horse-drawn(?) vehicles travelling or parked on both sides. The board sidewalk is evident in the right foreground continuing along the south side of the street. The first building on the right appears to have a curved shape to the edge of its roofline. There may be signage on all three floors of the building but the image is overexposed and no lettering can be seen.

Notes

The inscription is handwritten on the back of the photograph. Although this photograph is somewhat unclear, a comparison with another photograph of a similar streetscape circa 1863, on page 26 in the book: "City of London, Ontario, Canada: the pioneer period and the London of to-day", originally published in 1900, reprinted 1967, helps identify the scene. PG B28

Inscriptions

[Dundas St. looking East from Ridout. about 1880 (about is crossed out)]

Date of Original

1880

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