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Nice early photo of soldiers parading in formation at the Stanley Barracks in Toronto Ontario. On the right of the photo, the Officer’s Mess, which is the sole building remaining today (CNE Grounds).
Written on negative ‘Training for the Front Stanley Barracks Toronto’
Printed on back ‘Photo Specialty Co. Ltd, Streetsville Ont.’
Mailed to "Mrs Heywood, Manchester England":
“Dear Mother, Am a good in Camp. Will write a letter later. Am sending a photo for you and Ms Walker”
Smudges on front and back. Stamp partially removed.
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
New Fort York was a military base in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was built to replace Toronto's original Fort York at the mouth of Garrison Creek as the primary military base for the settlement. Unlike the older fort, it was made with limestone, instead of wood, and it did not have a wall as protection, which was planned but never built.
New Fort York was renamed to Stanley Barracks in 1893 after the Governor General of Canada at that time, Lord Stanley of Preston (of hockey's Stanley Cup fame).
