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P5523

ID Number: P5523
Item Name: Image
Title: T.W. Brooke & Sons Limited / T.W. Brooke & Sons Limited
Title (Fre): T.W. Brooke & Sons Limited
Date: pre 1920
Description: Black and white photograph of the interior of T.W. Brooke & Sons Limited, located at 6 Pitt Street West, Windsor; the ceiling of the long room is very detailed and has two hanging light fixtures; there are shelves running around the entire store from floor to ceiling; at the front of the store, the bottom of the shelves are filled with rolls of fabric or wallpaper and the top of the shelves are filled with round and square cans; there are two men standing in the middle of the store; there are standing and hanging samples of wallpaper or fabrics throughout the store
History: Mr. T.W. Brooke was born in England in 1860 and arrived in Canada 1883. He began business as a painter and decorater in Windsor in 1895 and was responsible for painting and decorating the new and remodelled City Hall in 1904.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

Subjects

Brooke, T. W.

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