Another snowy Thursday long ago… This week, a newspaper photo of Yonge Street, south of Temperance. The caption reads “REMOVING THE "BEAUTIFUL: Carting Thursday’s snow from downtown Toronto streets” (December 30, 1922). How à propos! Creator: Unknown Date: 1922 Identifier: X 65-97 Format: Ephemera Rights: Public domain Courtesy: Toronto Public Read More →
Created by John Ellis Jr. the night of January 2, 1900, this peaceful scene depicts ice cones on the lake shore at Humber Bay in the Village of Swansea. Sirius, Venus and the constellation Orion can be seen. Annexed as part of the city of Toronto in 1967, a large Read More →
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) Read More →
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 Read More →
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, Read More →
This image, digitized from a 1919 dry-plate negative, shows what we are all longing for — the arrival of spring! The three girls (probably the daughters of the photographer, Charles A. Williams) stood watching the break-up near the Old Mill Road bridge over the Humber River 95 years ago. Creator: Read More →
It’s cold out. When I saw this picture in our Digital Archive (http://ift.tt/1Dn4XI8), I was extra glad that I live in a house with central heating and insulation. This 1890 photo shows Robert Millen’s wooden house, with a central fireplace. Inside, you can just about make out a woman and Read More →
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