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: Read More →
Right about now we’re all itching to see more colors of spring. This colorful piece shows Scarlett’s Bridge across the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario, circa 1871-1807, by William Arthur Johnson. Creator: Johnson, William Arthur, 1816-1880 Date: 1871 Identifier: 969-1-17 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Library. More Read More →
The Legislative Building at Queen’s Park was built between 1886 and 1893. While adding an extension 1909, workers accidentally set fire to the roof of the west wing. The fire spread quickly. MPPs and staff formed a bucket brigade to save the Legislative Chamber, but sadly the damage included the Read More →
For Back to School we thought of pinning this 1875 picture of the gates at Yonge and College. Back then, College was a private road that ran through King’s College to University Ave. King’s College became the first college in Canada when it was chartered in 1827 by the Earl Read More →
School’s out! Kids are free to play in the park, or maybe in the garden… like Madeline and Mary Playter, pictured here, did in the 1920s. The Loyalist Playter family originally settled the area north of the Danforth between Broadview and Jackman avenues. While thier farmhouse can still be seen Read More →
School’s out! Kids are free to play in the park, or maybe in the garden… like Madeline and Mary Playter, pictured here, did in the 1920s. The Loyalist Playter family originally settled the area north of the Danforth between Broadview and Jackman avenues. While thier farmhouse can still be seen Read More →
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