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Extracted pages from the 1956 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby as secretary-treasurer of Metropolitan Motors and listing his Beechwood Avenue residence.
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Ref: Toronto City Directory Pages for Gordon F. Ponceby, 1956
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Toronto City Directory Pages for Gordon F. Ponceby, 1956
Extracted pages from the 1956 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby as secretary-treasurer of Metropolitan Motors and listing his Beechwood Avenue residence.
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- principal name
- Gordon F. Ponceby
- principal name as recorded
- Gordon F Ponceby
- directory year
- 1956
- business name as recorded
- Metropolitan Motors Ltd
- business role as recorded
- sec-treas
- business president as recorded
- S E Coon
- business type as recorded
- motor sales
- business address as recorded
- 895 Millwood rd (Leas)
- body shop address as recorded
- 50 Wicksteed av (Leas)
- residence entry as recorded
- Ponceby Gordon F sec-treas Metropolitan Motors Ltd h 1, 137 Beechwood av (Nth Y)
- residence as recorded
- 1, 137 Beechwood av
- residence place as recorded
- North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- telephone as recorded
- HU 1-0662
- Principal Name
- Gordon F. Ponceby
- Principal Name As Recorded
- Gordon F Ponceby
- Directory Year
- 1956
- Business Name As Recorded
- Metropolitan Motors Ltd
- Business Role As Recorded
- sec-treas
- Business President As Recorded
- S E Coon
- Business Type As Recorded
- motor sales
- Business Address As Recorded
- 895 Millwood rd (Leas)
- Body Shop Address As Recorded
- 50 Wicksteed av (Leas)
- Residence Entry As Recorded
- Ponceby Gordon F sec-treas Metropolitan Motors Ltd h 1, 137 Beechwood av (Nth Y)
- Residence As Recorded
- 1, 137 Beechwood av
- Residence Place As Recorded
- North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Telephone As Recorded
- HU 1-0662
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- The business-listing page reads "Metropolitan Motors Ltd S E Coon pres Gordon F Ponceby sec-treas motor sales 895 Millwood rd (Leas) body shop 50 Wicksteed av (Leas)."
- The alphabetical listing gives Gordon's residence as "1, 137 Beechwood av (Nth Y)."
- The street-directory page lists "137 Ponceby Gordon F HU 1-0662."
Place
Where this record belongs
- city
- Toronto
- province
- Ontario
- country
- Canada
- place
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Details
Record details
- repository
- Toronto Public Library / Internet Archive
- title
- Might's Greater Toronto city directory, 1956
- archive identifier
- torontocitydirectory1956
- archive url
- https://archive.org/details/torontocitydirectory1956
- source page urls
- https://archive.org/details/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1100/mode/1up
- https://archive.org/details/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1270/mode/1up
- https://archive.org/details/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1779/mode/1up
- page image urls
- https://archive.org/download/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1100_w2000.jpg
- https://archive.org/download/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1270_w2000.jpg
- https://archive.org/download/torontocitydirectory1956/page/n1779_w2000.jpg
- archive leafs
- n1100
- n1270
- n1779
- extracted page types
- business/classified listing
- alphabetical resident listing
- street directory
- pages
- 3
- accessed
- 24 April 2026
Notes
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- No citation block
- Toronto Public Library / Internet Archive URLs and access details are captured in document_details rather than in a stripped repository citation page.
- Accepted by the user on 4 June 2026 for Gordon F. Ponceby's Toronto/North York residence, telephone, employment, business-role, and business-address facts only.
- The related residence event remains proposed; do not update canonical person relationships from this approval alone.
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