Archives of the Law Society of Ontario
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West M5H 2N6 Toronto, ON, Canada

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the LSO Archives! The archives will be closed until January 4th. Below is a photo of the Fasken Robertson Aitchison Pickup & Calvin law firm's Christmas party from December 1948. #christmasparty #toronto #faskenlaw #fasken #torontohistory #christmasparties #1948 #torontolaw #torontolawyers #1940s #lawyers

One of the earliest photographs we have in the archives is this photo of Robert Alexander Harrison (1833-1878), taken between 1855 and 1867. Harrison served as an alderman in Toronto, represented West Toronto in the first Canadian parliament, and was chief justice for the Court of Queen's Bench of Ontario.

Traffic Inspector's office in the basement of the Ottawa police station, May 1951. The photo is one of several taken of Ontario police court facilities for the Law Society's Special Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice.

The law office of W.A.H. Duff, Hamilton, Ontario, [1911?]. William Alexander Hamilton Duff was called to the Bar in 1872, and practised in Hamilton until 1914. (2007018-02P)

Photograph of Henry & Lyonde law offices, located at 674 Kingston Road in Toronto, taken in October 1966 (989022-01P).

Fern Johnston and firm accountant Mr. McCrimmon in the Fasken law firm offices, Toronto, ca. 1925 (2009006-26P).

Here's another unidentified photo from our collection. The photo, part of the William Glenholme Falconbridge fonds, was taken in the 1860s. The subject is likely a member of the Falconbridge family, but we don't know for certain. If you have any suggestions about his identity, please leave a comment or e-mail the Archives at [email protected]

Do you know who this is? We don't. The photo, part of the Wallace Rankine Nesbitt collection, was taken in the 1870s or 1880s. If you have any suggestions about his identity, please leave a comment or e-mail the Archives at [email protected]

Thousands of students will be returning to class in one format or another over the next couple weeks. This photo shows the Osgoode Hall Law School classroom from 100 years ago.