Skip to content

About
Commentary
Links
Research
From Mission to Modernity
Teaching
Course Materials

smiles

May 22, 2015

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

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:…
Read more →
May 7, 2015

From Flickr: “Scarborough School Section No. 7, Old Kingston Road, north side, west of Highland Creek” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Back to school time is here. This was taken in 1908, at Scarborough School Section No. 7. The school stood on the north side of Old Kingston Road, west of Highland Creek. Creator: Blakey, Joseph Adamson, 1870-1937 Date: 1908 Identifier: N 1-437 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Library. More information: (view details…
Read more →

Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt

Loading Comments...

You must be logged in to post a comment.