rural
-
Times sure have changed… gearing up for the TASTE OF THE DANFORTH, we offer you this photo from the turn of the last century. It was taken around 1900 at what is now Playter Crescent, near Browning Ave. (a few blocks east of Broadview, just north of this weekend’s excitement). b>Creator: Unknown Date: 1900 Identifier:…
-
So many of us will be spending this long-weekend with family, we thought of this suggestion for good, clean (?) old-fashioned fun with the kids. Arlington Tomlinson supports young Freddie Wicks on a pig, in this picture donated to the Canadiana department at North York Central Library by the North York Historical Society. While we…
-
Toronto was a different place before the first world war… this image shows Baby Point Rd., looking west from Jane Street, a hundred years ago (in 1913). Today, the Bloor West Village is a much more urban landscape! Creator: Unknown Date: 1913 Identifier: 980-9-5 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Library. More information:…
You must be logged in to post a comment.