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POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING EDWARD HOTEL – EXCLUSIVE LADIES DEPARTMENT – 3 IMAGES OF SERVICES FOR WOMEN – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – OLD DUTCH GRILL ROOM – ST CHARLES HOTEL – KING AND YONGE – c1910 – TINTED – FINE VERSION Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ST CHARLES HOTEL – KING AND YONGE – OLD ENGLISH ROOM RESTAURANT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – SELBY PRIVATE HOTEL – DINING ROOM – SHERBOURNE AND SELBY STREET – ORIGINALLY THE HOME OF CHARLES GOODERHAM OF THE DISTILLERY FAMILY – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – SELBY PRIVATE HOTEL – RECEPTION ROOM – SHERBOURNE AND SELBY STREET – ORIGINALLY THE HOME OF CHARLES GOODERHAM OF THE DISTILLERY FAMILY – NOTE THE SPITOON BY FIREPLACE – 1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – TORONTO ISLAND LOOKING TOWARDS SKYLINE – FAMILY FEEDING CANADA GEESE – THIS KIND OF CORNY POSTCARD SEEMED FAIRLY COMMON FOR TORONTO THEN – COMMERCE COURT BUILDING FINISHED 1972 2 comments
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE AND FRONT – LOOKING N ON YONGE GROUND LEVEL – STREETCAR – TINTED -c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – ROYAL YORK IMPERIAL ROOM RESTAURANT – MUHAMMED ALI HAVING A MEAL AND JOKING – WAITER – 1966 1 comment
MENU – TORONTO – COVER – OLD ENGLISH TAVERN – ROYAL YORK HOTEL – 1941 Leave a comment
MENU – TORONTO – ROYAL YORK HOTEL – OLD ENGLISH TAVERN – INSIDE – 1941 1 comment
MATCHBOOK – TORONTO – THE DELL TAVERN – 300 SIMCOE – I REMEMBER 159 ELM – APPARENTLY SIMCOE WAS THE SIDE ENTRANCE – THIS WAS A COZY PLEASANT PLACE TO EAT – A FAVORITE OF MY MOM AND WAYNE – NICE VERSION – LATE-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING STREET – LOOKING E GROUND LEVEL – WAGONS STREETCARS AWNINGS – TINTED – FINE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE AT COLLEGE AND CARLTON – WOMEN WALKING BY STORES – WET STREET – AWNINGS – WAGONS – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING AND YONGE – LOOKING N AERIAL – CROWDS STREETCARS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – QUEEN STREET – TOUR VEHICLE FULL OF PEOPLE – A MAN IN UNIFORM – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – QUEEN’S PARK – GROUND LEVEL – LARGE CROWD SITTING ON GRASS FOR UNKNOWN OCCASION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LORD SIMCOE HOTEL – UNIVERSITY AVE AT KING – LOOKING N ON UNIVERSITY – SURPRISINGLY UNDEVELOPED – c1960 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BLOOR STREET – AERIAL LOOKING E FROM AVENUE ROAD – LOTS OF CARS – STREETCAR TRACKS – PARKING LOT – THE COLONNADE (LEFT END BUILDING AT CENTER) 131 BLOOR W OPENED 1963 – IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS REGARDED LOCALLY AS A VERY BIG DEAL – c1965 Leave a comment
TRANSFER – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – 1936 Leave a comment
STAMP – TORONTO – 20-CENT POSTAGE STAMP WITH A YOUNG QUEEN VICTORIA PORTRAYED – CANCELLED IN TORONTO – 1900 Leave a comment
PIN – TORONTO – METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE AUXILIARY – DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – TTC SUBWAY – OPEN-CUT SECTION NORTH OF EGLINTON – TRAIN HEADED S – 1978 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
ILLUSTRATION – TORONTO – KING STREET – LOOKING N AERIAL – HORSE-DRAWN STREETCARS -1895 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – UNKNOWN COMMERCIAL STREET – STORE NEWMAN’S FINE FOODS – TTC PCC STREETCAR – A VERY TYPICAL TORONTO SCENE OF THE TIME – 1965 – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 2 comments
PHOTO – TORONTO – RONCESVALLES NEAR GRENADIER – LRV STREETCAR HEADED S – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N W – 1983 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – RONCESVALLES AND DUNDAS – LRV STREETCAR HEADED S – 1983 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – COLLEGE STREET AT BATHURST – LRV STREETCAR AND CARS- GROUND LEVEL – 1983 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – TRADERS BANK AND BLOOR STREET – STREETCAR – PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – NICE BUT A BIT OFF REGISTER – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD -TORONTO – KING AND YONGE – MANY DRESSED UP PEOPLE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – HANLAN’S (SPELLING) POINT – THE HURGLE GURGLE WATER SLIDE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CN TOWER AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS – AERIAL LOOKING N – YEAR COMPLETED 1976 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CITY HALL – AERIAL LOOKING N W – BAY STREET – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
MENU – TORONTO – WINSTON’S RESTAURANT – 104 ADELAIDE STREET W – LUNCH MENU – c1980 Leave a comment
MENU – TORONTO – DICKENS ROOM IN THE PORTS OF CALL RESTAURANTS – 1145 YONGE – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ORIOLE AVE CENTRE ISLAND – HOUSES AND FENCES – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – THE SILVER RAIL RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE – YONGE AND SHUTER – 2 INTERIOR IMAGES – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH – 240 AVENUE RD AT DUPONT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – TRAYMORE SAVARIN – BAY AT ADELAIDE – THE WINDSOR ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – SKYLINE PANORAMA FROM HARBOR – AERIAL – TORONTO-DOMINION CENTRE ORIGINAL TWO MIES VAN DER ROHE BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN 1969 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – NIKKO GARDEN RESTAURANT (LOCATION) – DUNDAS W NEAR HURON – ON THE SECOND FLOOR – THIS IS WHERE TORONTO’S JAPANESE POPULATION WENT AND WHERE I FIRST TASTED JAPANESE FOOD – I FELL IN LOVE WITH BEEF SUKIYAKI AND LATER LEARNED HOW TO MAKE IT WHICH I’VE DONE MANY TIMES – THE FOOD WAS SERVED BY WOMEN IN KIMONOS WHO COOKED THE INGREDIENTS IN A LARGE ELECTRIC SKILLET BY YOUR TABLE IN THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE STYLE – DATE OF PHOTO UNKNOWN BUT I THINK IT IS LATER THAN WHEN I WENT TO THE RESTAURANT IN THE LATE 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – TORONTO – RATHSKELLER RESTAURANT – 121 FRONT W – OLD WALKER HOUSE HOTEL – 1966 – WHAT A HAPPY DISCOVERY THIS IS – FROM THE DATE I MIGHT HAVE HELD THIS VERY COPY – I SIMPLY ADORED THE RATHSKELLER – THE SAUERBRATEN WAS UNBELIEVABLY GOOD – IT’S A DISH I’VE HAD IN SO MANY PLACES OVER THE YEARS AND NONE CAME CLOSE – THE ATMOSPHERE WAS EXTREMELY PLEASANT WITH A FRIENDLY HOST, A LIVE ZITHER PLAYER, WOOD PANELLING AND SUBDUED LIGHT – I AM A BIT SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE DISHES I SEE HERE BUT ALL I EVER ORDERED WAS SAUERBRATEN WITH DUMPLING AND RED CABBAGE FOLLOWED BY APPLE STRUDEL AND COFFEE – ALWAYS TOO THE VICHYSSOISE WHICH WAS TRULY WONDERFUL AND SERVED WITH CHOPPED CHIVES – A NICE RHINE WINE TOO OF COURSE – I USED TO HAVE AN AUTHENTIC RECIPE FOR SAUERBRATEN AND I DID MAKE IT ONCE FOR A CHRISTMAS DINNER BUT IT IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TROUBLE WITH THE MEAT MARINATING FOR DAYS Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – FRONT STREET W – LOOKING E GROUND LEVEL – RATHSKELLER RESTAURANT AND FRANZ JOSEPH RESTAURANT AT 121 FRONT W – CORNER OF UNIVERSITY – THE BUILDING WAS THE HISTORIC WALKER HOUSE HOTEL ABOUT WHICH YOU CAN FIND MANY ITEMS ON THE SITE – 1975 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – LAKESHORE ROAD – PORT CREDIT – THE DUTCH KITCHEN RESTAURANT – 1963 – IT WASN’T MUCH TO LOOK AT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE BUT IT WAS A COMFORTABLE PLACE RUN BY A DUTCH FAMILY WHO MADE AUTHENTIC INDONESIAN FOOD – IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER TASTED SOME (LATE 1960s) AND I WAS CAPTIVATED BY IT IMMEDIATELY – THEIR “COMPLETE INDONESIAN DINNER” WAS FABULOUS – LATER LIVING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE I LEARNED TO MAKE THE SAME ITEMS AND HAD THEM AT HOME Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – DUTCH KITCHEN TAVERN – 71 LAKESHORE RD E – PORT CREDIT – LATER LOCATION FROM A RENOVATED OLD BUILDING MADE TO LOOK VERY DUTCH Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RESTAURANT – 225 KING E – OWNER HOWARD MATTHEWS – 1978 – I NEVER SAW THIS LOCATION BUT THE FRONT APPEARS THE SAME AS THE EARLIER LOCATION ON BLOOR SOMEWHAT EAST OF YONGE – THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS – I ALWAYS HAD RIBS WITH CANDIED YAMS AND BLACK-EYED PEAS AND PLENTY OF CORNBREAD – AND OVER YEARS LATER I DEVELOPED OR DISCOVERED RECIPES FOR ALL THESE DISHES AND SERVED MY OWN SOUL FOOD DINNER MANY TIMES Leave a comment
AD – TORONTO – UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RESTAURANT – 9 CHURCH STREET – NEW YEAR GALA – 1989 – THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ITS LAST YEAR – THE AD SUGGESTS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE BASIC PLACE I KNEW ON BLOOR IN THE LATE 1960s – I SEE IT IS HERE LOCATED ON CHURCH – IT STARTED ON BLOOR THEN WENT TO KING AND FINALLY CHURCH Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – THE PORTS OF CALL RESTAURANTS – 1145 YONGE AT SHAFTSBURY AVE – IT INCLUDED SEVERAL RESTAURANTS AND BARS – THE BALI HAI ROOM WAS MY FAVORITE – ALTHOUGH KIND OF KITSCHY CORPORATE TIKI PLACE IT WAS FUN WITH DRINKS SERVED IN PINEAPPLES AND SUCH – AND IT HAD THAT WONDERFUL AMERICAN-CHINESE DISH I DISCOVERED IN CHICAGO THAT NO ONE ELSE IN TORONTO MADE, PRESSED DUCK – YEARS LATER I MADE IT FROM A RECIPE I DISCOVERED AND IT IS A LOT OF EFFORT BUT SIMPLY DELICIOUS – GRANDPA LIKED THE DICKENS ROOM AT THE PORTS AND I DID TOO – 1960s 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CARLTON AND YONGE CORNER – LOOKING DOWN YONGE – PEDESTRIANS WAGONS AWNINGS – TINTED – ESPECIALLY NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – RONCESVALLES AND QUEEN – REMARKABLE IMAGE OF STREETCAR TRACK WORK – STREETCAR TURNING – 1923 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – BATHURST AND STEWART – RESTORED PETER WITT STREETCAR USED AS TOURIST RIDE – LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME FROM THE PAINT SHOP – PCC CAR BEHIND – 1980 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – FROM ADELAIDE – GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS CARS ENSIGN FLAGS – TINTED – 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SECTION – AERIAL – LOOKING N ON YONGE – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – TRAYMORE SAVARIN RESTAURANT – 336 BAY AT ADELAIDE – CAPACITY 600 – TINTED Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – UNIVERSITY AVE N OF QUEEN LOOKING S – 1972 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – SPADINA AND GLENBAILLIE PL – CHINATOWN – SHOPPERS – PRODUCE – SIGNS – c 1970 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE STREET AT ALBERT – ALBERT STREET WAS CUT OFF FROM YONGE WHEN EATON CENTRE BUILT – BUS – STORES AND SHOPPERS BACKGROUND – 1971 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – TTC STREETCAR PAINTED EARLIER-STYLE LOGO – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – JUST N OF ALBERT – LOOKING S W – EATONS ON LEFT – REITMAN’S – OTHER STORES – THIS KIND OF FAIRLY HANDSOME URBAN DEVELOPMENT DID NOT TYPIFY YONGE STREET – 1970s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING N FROM GERRARD GROUND LEVEL – EATONS COLLEGE AND WESTBURY HOTEL IN BACKGROUND – MANY PEDESTRIANS – I’VE REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT I WAS NO FAN OF YONGE STREET WITH ITS NARROW HONKY-TONK FEEL IN MANY LOCATIONS – THIS PHOTO CAPTURES WHAT I MEANT – 1972 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – PEOPLE LEAVING CHURCH – NOTE THE HATS – UNKNOWN LOCATION – 1950s – EDITED FROM ABAKUS PLACE SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – UNKNOWN LOCATION – CROWD LEAVING CHURCH – NOTE ALL WITH HATS – NOTE SLOVAK MEAT MARKET AMONG STORES – SOME OF THE WOMEN’S SKIRTS LOOK EASTERN EUROPEAN – 1950s – EDITED FROM ABAKUS PLACE SITE – SEE READER COMMENT ON LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE AND RICHMOND – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS FLAGS ON SIMPSONS – NOTE OLD MAIL VAN ON RIGHT – THIS IMAGE WAS USED FOR A POSTCARD – 1950s – EDITED FROM ABAKUS PLACE SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – EXHIBITION – AERIAL – PART OF MIDWAY AND HORSE SHOW – CROWDS – 1950s – EDITED FROM ABAKUS PLACE SITE 1 comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – QUEEN STREET – LOOKING E GROUND LEVEL – SIMPSON’S AND EATONS DEPARTMENT STORES – TWO TYPES OF STREETCARS – EARLY 1970s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE STREET AT RICHMOND – LOOKING N STREET LEVEL – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS – SIMPSON’S DEPARTMENT STORE – TRAFFIC – 1960s – EDITED FROM CURBSIDE CLASSIC SITE Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE AND TERAULAY – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL – IMPERIAL THEATRE – SHOPS – PEDESTRIANS – 1971 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – AERIAL PANORAMA OF DOWNTOWN – TORONTO-DOMINION CENTRE FIRST TOWER COMPLETE – TWO ORIGINAL BUILDINGS OF CENTRE COMPLETED 1969 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YORKVILLE – BIG CROWD – 1968 1 comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – DOWNTOWN AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N – BANKS BEING BUILT – BANK OF MONTREAL AND ROYAL BANK UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN AN ALMOST ALL-BANK SKYLINE – 1976 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET AND GERRARD – LOOKING S – WET NIGHT – SAVOY THEATER – BASSEL’S RESTAURANT – CHRISTMAS LIGHT STRINGS ON STREET – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING S FROM COLLEGE-CARLTON STREET LEVEL – NIGHT – NICE VERSION – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING – 25 KING W – TALLEST IN COMMONWEALTH FOR DECADES – TINTED – BLUE IS OFF-REGISTER – OPENED 1931 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – UNKNOWN STREET – ORANGE DAY PARADE – AERIAL PANORAMA – HUGE CROWD OF MEN IN HATS – AS AN IMMIGRANT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ORANGE DAY – BUT FOR TORONTO THROUGH THE 1960s, IT WAS KING BILLY AND NO ST. PATRICK – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – UNIVERSITY AVE – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEAR KING – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – UNIVERSITY AVE – LOOKING S FROM QUEEN’S PARK AERIAL – VERY EVOCATIVE IMAGE – 1950s 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – QUEEN STREET – STREET LEVEL LOOKING E FROM CITY HALL SQUARE – ADAMS STORE – STREETCAR – MANY PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – NEW CITY HALL – QUEEN AT BAY – TWILIGHT – OPENED IN 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LITTLE DENMARK RESTAURANT – 720 BAY STREET – FRONT OF RESTAURANT WHICH CLOSED IN 1967 AFTER 33 YEARS 1 comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – EXHIBITION – NEW PURE FOODS BUILDING – SOMETHING LESS THAN A THING OF BEAUTY – CROWDS – THE OLD BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1953 – TINTED Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – EASTERN BEACHES – AERIAL PANORAMA – TINTED – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CENTRAL LIBRARY – COLLEGE AND ST GEORGE – A CARNEGIE BUILDING – SERVED FROM 1909 TO 1977 – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BLOOR STREET – AERIAL LOOKING E – STREETCARS – NOTE PARKING AND HOW LOW-RISE EVERYTHING IS – MID-1960s BEFORE SUBWAY OPENED Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING S FROM GERRARD – EARLY EVENING – LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC – DENSE STRIP OF COMMERCIAL LIGHTING – I WAS NEVER A FAN OF YONGE STREET – MUCH OF IT WAS TACKY BUT THIS VERY SPECIAL IMAGE CAPTURES A LIVELY SCENE AND I CAN ALMOST FEEL MYSELF THERE – 1960s – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE IN ORIENTALREVIEW.ORG – UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – TTC SNOWSWEEPER – AT BROADVIEW AND DANFORTH – LOOKING N ON BROADVIEW – 1965 – EDITED FROM A ROBERT MCMANN IMAGE Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – TTC STREETCAR INTERIOR – PASSENGERS SEATED – SNAPSHOT – 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING N FROM KING ELEVATED – CROWDS STREETCARS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – FRONT STREET E LOOKING W – c 1953 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – TORONTO STAR BUILDING – 80 KING STREET W – DEMOLISHED 1970 – NOTE STOODLEIGH RESTAURANT – 1960s – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LOOKING N ON UNIVERSITY AVE BEFORE IT WAS WIDENED – AERIAL – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1937 Leave a comment
PRINT – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – AERIAL LOOKING N – STREETCARS – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – EXHIBITION – GRAND STAND – BIG CROWD VIEWING SHOW – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – HANLANS POINT – FERRY BLUEBELL DISCHARGING PASSENGERS – ELEVATED VIEW – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BALMY BEACH – A FEW SWIMMERS – THIS BECAME PART OF LATER BEACHES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ELLIOT HOUSE AND SHUTER STREET – GROUND LEVEL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – EXHIBITION – THE MIDWAY – AERIAL – HUGE CROWD – TINTED -1923 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – GLIMPSE THROUGH ROSEDALE – ALMOST DOESN’T LOOK URBAN – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING EDWARD HOTEL LOBBY – TINTED – 1928 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ST PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH – QUEEN STREET E – WAGONS IN STREET – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – WATERFRONT AND PANORAMA – AERIAL LOOKING N – NOTE NO GARDINER EXPRESSWAY – SURE LOOKED LIKE A SMALL PLACE – NICE VERSION – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING N FROM DUNDAS – 1980s – SEE READER COMMENT 2 comments
POSTCARD – TORONTO – RAINBOW MOTEL – HUMBER BAY – THE AREA ALONG LAKE SHORE WAS DOTTED WITH THIS KIND OF MOM-AND-POP MOTEL – TINTED – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – EXHIBITION – AERIAL LOOKING E – SKYRIDE – BIG CROWDS BELOW – NICE VERSION – 1973 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING STREET – AERIAL LOOKING E – TINTED – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JARVIS STREET – CARRIAGE AND BICYCLE IN DISTANCE – TINTED – 1907 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – FRONT STREET – LOOKING S E – UNION STATION – CARS AND STREETCAR ON FRONT – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE AND BLOOR – LOOKING N – CARS WAGONS PEDESTRIANS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO- YONGE STREET – LOOKING S FROM SHUTER (MISSPELLED SHUTTER) – CROWDS WAGON – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – NEW CITY HALL AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEW T-D CENTRE – NOTE TOO ALL THE VERY LOW-RISE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LATE DATE – NICE VERSION – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET AT COLLEGE AND CARLTON – PEDESTRIANS STREETCARS – LOOKING N – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING N FROM ABOUT KING – TINTED – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING N FROM ABOUT KING – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – AERIAL VIEW – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – QUEEN AT YONGE – LOOKING W – CROWD WAITING FOR STREETCAR – WOMAN IN BIG HAT CROSSING QUEEN – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – AERIAL DOWNTOWN – POPULATION OVER 850,000 – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1932 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – AERIAL DOWNTOWN – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1952 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE AT COLLEGE AND CARLTON – STREETCARS – BUGGY – WOMAN CROSSING STREET – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – BATHURST AND KING – PCC STREETCAR – GEORGE MCLEOD PUBLISHERS – 1971 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BIRKS-ELLIS-RYRIE JEWELERS – YONGE AND TEMPERANCE – INTERIOR WITH MAIN STAIRCASE – CONTINENTAL SHOP ON MEZZANINE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET DOCK – FROM WATER – LOOKING RIGHT UP YONGE – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – CPR BUILDING – 69 YONGE – AT KING – COMPLETED 1913 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – PCC STREETCAR – INTERIOR – THE WAY THEY LOOKED IN THE 1960s – THIS LOOKS LIKE A RENOVATED CAR – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – QUEEN AND PARLIAMENT – PCC STREETCAR – AN IMAGE VERY EVOCATIVE OF THE TIME – 1965 – EDITED FROM A JOHN F BROMLEY IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET DOCK FROM WATER – LOTS OF SMOKESTACKS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – PANORAMA OF YONGE STREET DOCK AND SKYLINE – TINTED OFF-REGISTER – c1910 Leave a comment
A POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE AND QUEEN – LOOKING N W – NOTE KNOX STORE WHICH LATER BECAME WOOLWORTH’S – CAR STOP SIGN – STREETCARS – TINT OFF-REGISTER – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – COLLEGE – LOOKING TOWARDS YONGE GROUND LEVEL – FORESTERS’ BUILDING – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1919 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – COLLEGE – JUST W OF YONGE LOOKING E – TTC FREIGHT TROLLEY FOR TRACK WORK – KRESGE’S – EATON’S – YMCA – 1974 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 2 comments
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – GROUND LEVEL – LOOKING N – HUGE CROWD – WAGONS – BICYCLES – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING N – TRAFFIC – FLAGS – SIGNS – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO- SPADINA AVE LOOKING N FROM QUEEN – STREETCAR – BICYCLE – AWNINGS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E FROM ABOUT UNIVERSITY – RAIL LANDS – EXPRESSWAY NOT FINISHED – NICE VERSION – 1962 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SECTION – AERIAL – HEAVILY TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ROYAL YORK HOTEL – FRONT STREET – EASTERN WING WAS ADDED 1956-7 – c 1960 Leave a comment
STAMP – TORONTO – TORONTO COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ISSUED FOR CANADA’S CENTENNIAL – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET JUST S OF QUEEN – LOOKING N – CANADA DAY FLAGS – CROWDS – CARS – NICE VERSION – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – QUEEN AT YONGE – LOOKING W – SIMPSON’S WOOLWORTH – CROWDS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING N AERIAL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING N AERIAL – TRADERS BANK – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – N OF BLOOR – YORKVILLE TOWN HALL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – FAKE NIGHT – LOOKING S FROM NEAR ELM – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – TRADERS BANK – STREETCARS – BICYCLE – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – CROWDS – BICYCLES – c1905 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – YONGE STREET – LOOKING N FROM KING ELEVATED – NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BLOOR STREET – LOOKING W – TROLLEY WAGONS – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LOOKING N ON YONGE AT WILTON – STREETCAR – WAGONS – CROWDS – SIGNS – TINTED – NICE VERSION OF A REAL EYECATCHER – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – BLOOR AND DOVERCOURT ROAD – STREETCAR – WOMAN CROSSING STREET – NICE VERSION – 1916 Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – DAVENPORT AT ELMWOOD – SNOW – TTC PCC STREETCAR – TOASTMASTER BREAD TRUCK – 1965 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT ON ADDRESS OF WHICH I AM NOT CERTAIN 2 comments
PHOTO – TORONTO – KING AND RONCESVALLES – PCC STREETCAR – NIGHT – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – TORONTO – QUEEN STREET – NEAR YONGE – PCC STREETCAR – NIGHT – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – KING STREET – LOOKING W FROM YONGE – STREETCAR – CROWDS – SIGNS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
