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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 Read More →

From Flickr: “Canadian Feather & Mattress Company, Melinda St.,north side, east of Bay St., fire, May 9, 1905” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Taken just a year and a few weeks after the Great Toronto Fire of 1904, this dramatic shot of the fire at the Canadian Feather & Mattress Company on Melinda St. just east of Bay Street, illustrates the difficulty that the new taller buildings posed to firefighters. The relatively newly-developed Read More →