From Flickr: “Baseball Match, on vacant land, south side Deforest Rd., between Kennedy Ave. & Runnymede Rd.; looking north-east, showing spectators.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

May 22, 2015 Uncategorized

This picture shows the spectators at a baseball game held on then-vacant land in 1900. They stood (some sat) on the south side of Deforest Rd., between Kennedy and Runnymede in Toronto. The area is now a residential street. Check out your area in our Digital Archive (http://ift.tt/1Dn4XI8).

Creator: Unknown
Date: 1900
Identifier: 967-2-55
Format: Picture
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
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