From Flickr: “Elections/Ontario, 1908 June 8 Looking south on Bay St. to Melinda St.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Down south, it’s election time! Before Twitter, we relied on slower means of communications. Below, a crowd of concerned Ontarians await the result of the provincial elections on June 8, 1908, at the corner of Bay and Melinda.

Creator: Unknown
Date: 1908
Identifier: B 10-36a
Format: Ephemera
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
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