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Persistent URL: http://ift.tt/1Dm8NBp… Subject: Residential Streets; Houses; Winter; Snow; Ohio–Hollansburg; miami digital collections; bowden postcard collection via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/rAQCgY
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Persistent URL: http://ift.tt/1Dm8NBp… Subject: Residential Streets; Houses; Winter; Snow; Ohio–Hollansburg; miami digital collections; bowden postcard collection via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/rAQCgY
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William Welsh, 1934. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/dVsscX
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Designer: Li Mubai (李幕白), Jin Xuechen (金雪尘), Zhang Biwu (张碧梧) 1978, May Frontier defence on patrol Bianfang xunluo (边防巡逻) Call nr.: BG E13/639 (Landsberger collection) More? See: chineseposters.net via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/qwYeDV
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Designer: Sichuan Provincial Traffic Office Road Office (四川省交通厅公路局) 1955, December Cherish roads, protect safety to welcome the high tide of the cooperativization of agriculture and industry! Aihu daolu, baozhang anquan yingjie nongye hezuohuade gaochao! (爱护道路，保障安全迎接农业合作化的高潮！) Call nr.: PC-1955-s-006 (Private collection) More? See: chineseposters.net via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ri7xDH
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This picture was taken during the construction of the Bloor Street viaduct (a.k.a. the Prince Edward Viaduct) on March 10, 1917. RC Harris, one of Toronto’s great forward-thinking city-builders, insisted a subway track be constructed, even though no subway would run on those tracks for decades to come. His water filtration work saved the lives…
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Winter on Yonge St. in the 1870s looks just as cold as it does now! Fewer cars, more horses, perhaps… and electric lights replaced both types of gas streetlights you see here, at the intersection of Yonge and King. The advertisement (which used to be painted directly on the buildings) reads J.G. Joseph & Co.,…
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This wintery scene from the 1850s depicts the Brockton toll gate, which stood on the north side of Dundas St. West between Sheridan Ave. and Brock Ave. Brockton Village was not annexed to Toronto until 1884. This watercolour by John W. Cotton was painted in 1913, based on a much earlier line drawing by W.…
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This 1885 image shows a shop that stood on the south-west corner of King and Frederick streets, just east of Jarvis. Walter J. Sylvester’s grocery, at 213 King Street East, and William Christie’s harness-making shop (211) are pictured here. Other local businesses in the area included a hotel, dry goods, laundry and second-hand goods shops…
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We selected this trade card from the 1880s to convey our Season’s Greetings. The card was distributed by the celebrated Toronto firm of Heintzman & Co., piano makers, established in Toronto in 1866. Trade cards, related to the visiting cards popular in the 17th to the 19th centuries, often featured attractive images on one side…
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