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From Flickr: “Long Branch Theatorium” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Time to hop to it, dust off our bonnets and really ENJOY the long weekend! We think this might be the Williams family, around 1915, at the Long Branch Theatorium near Lakeshore Blvd. Creator: Williams, Charles A., Canadian, fl. 1897-1962 Date: 1915 Identifier: 964-6-16 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Read More →

From Flickr: “Circus; elephants, on way to Dufferin Park Race Track, perhaps on Brock Ave.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

"And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street!" Today’s Photo Friday image is a photograph taken in about 1920. These circus elephants were walking down what we think is Brock Avenue on their way to the Dufferin Park race track. Creator: Williams, Charles A., Canadian, fl. 1897-1962 Date: Read More →

From Flickr: “Humber River, looking w., n. of Old Mill Road bridge, Toronto, Ont.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

This image, digitized from a 1919 dry-plate negative, shows what we are all longing for — the arrival of spring! The three girls (probably the daughters of the photographer, Charles A. Williams) stood watching the break-up near the Old Mill Road bridge over the Humber River 95 years ago. Creator: Read More →