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This is a group portrait of the Swansea cycling club in about 1900. A decade earlier, technological advances (chain drive, pneumatic tire) had made bicycles much safer. New mass-manufacturing processes also meant that almost everyone could afford a bike. Social cycling clubs such as this one were strong advocates for improving road conditions—long before the…
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Taken 99 years ago almost to the day (May 8, 1915), this photograph of Forest Hill is attributed to Stuart Logan Thompson (1885-1961). It looks north from the intersection of Bathurst Street and Lonsmount Drive, just north of St. Clair. The wooden bridge and the wooden sidewalks along the dirt road have long been replaced,…
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