Readers of this site are familiar with Madeleine McDowell and her contributions not just to the Clara Harris archive but to the heritage of Toronto. In September of 2012 I had asked Madeleine about a collector’s painting: Houses in Snow, Raymond Avenue. And in keeping with her philosophy “that everything tells a story” (http://heritagetoronto.org/everything-tells-a-story/) this is Madeleine’s conclusion: “I have been examining the area around Clara's home and Raymond Avenue

In early September artist-writer, Evelyn N. Pollock of Horseshoe Valley, Ontario, contacted me: “I came across your Clara Harris website by accident. In 1982, I purchased a painting by Clara Harris for $450.00 at an antique shop on Eglinton Avenue West in Toronto. It seems to be the highest price paid at the time according to your website. The owner of the shop lived upstairs and claimed to have been a good friend of Clara Harris. She had quite a few paintings. Both in the