Wonderful pic from the TPL dated 1923 of students from the York Street Public School which stood on the NW corner of York and Richmond:
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Inscribed:
A half-tone block after the print is in The Globe, Toronto, 1 June 1923, p. 12, with letterpress, b.: IN THE CANADIAN MELTING POT-More Than a Dozen Races Are Represented in This / Group of Children Photographed at York Street School, Toronto. Front Row (Left to Right): / Danish, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chinese, Jewish, Polish, Italian, Austrian, Syrian. Back Row: / English, Scottish, Negro, Swiss.
Inscribed in pencil, b.: Fourteen nationalities are represented in this / group at York St. School. / Back row - left to right / Chinese, English, Scottish, Negro, Swiss, / Front row - left to right: / Russian, Danish, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chinese, / Jewish, Polish, Italian, Austrian, Syrian
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It is indeed a wonderful pic. The picture also reminds me of that rare group of Canadians of Chinese descent who were born here waa-y back in the day. I have relations in their 80s who are Chinese Irish; invariably Chinese fathers/Irish mothers... Thank you thecharioteer