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RICHMOND STREET SHOWING POST OFFICE AND CUSTOMS HOUSE, c. 1920

Manufacturer VALENTINE-BLACK COMPANY, LIMITED

RICHMOND STREET SHOWING POST OFFICE AND CUSTOMS HOUSE, c. 1920

Datec. 1920

Object number2004.023.003

Label TextThe left side of this postcard, just beyond the trees, depicts London's Custom House, later defence headquarters for Western Ontario. Architect William Robinson designed the building in the Second Empire style and it opened in 1873. It was demolished in the early 1970s.

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