Wednesday, March 2, 2011

TICKET - TORONTO - TTC - TWO SIDES OF TRANSIT-FARE TICKETS THAT CAME IN STRIPS - PRICES GIVEN - MID-1960s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET ARCADE - NEAR TEMPERANCE - NOTE CARRIAGES AT LOWER ENTRANCE - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET AND DUNDAS - LOOKING NORTH - BROWN DERBY - BILTMORE THEATRE - OTHER SIGNS - 1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - WAGONS - PEDESTRIANS - SIGNS - ELABORATE BUILDING ON RIGHT SIDE IS YONGE STREET ARCADE BUILDING - c1900

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - NORTH OF KING - NIGHT - c1920

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - HORSE-DRAWN STREETCARS - POLICEMAN AT BOTTOM - NOTE THE STREET LIGHT DETAIL - PRE-1900

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND DUNDAS - ROGERS CREDIT JEWELLERS - 1952

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND ADELAIDE - NIGHT - c1930

PHOTO - TORONTO - TORONTO RAILWAY LANDS - LOOKING WEST - AERIAL - c1970

PHOTO - TORONTO - ODEON CARLTON THEATRE - CARLTON AT YONGE - NOTE PARKING SIGN - MAPLE LEAF GARDENS BEHIND - 1972

PHOTO - TORONTO - ODEON CARLTON THEATRE - CARLTON AT YONGE - INTERIOR - NOTE ORGAN LOWER RIGHT

PHOTO - TORONTO - NEW SUBWAY LINE - OPEN CUT SECTION - AERIAL - 1953

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING STREET AND YONGE - S E - MANY STORE SIGNS - NOTE ROUND STREET LKIGHT ON BUILDING UPPER RIGHT - ALL YONGE WAS LIGHTED THAT WAY - MID-1950s

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING AND JOHN - FARB'S CAR WASH - WORLD'S FINEST - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING AND JOHN - CROWD WAITING FOR STREETCAR IN SNOW - NOTE STREETCAR STOP SIGN AT LEFT END OF LINE - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - GREAT WESTERN RAIL STATION - YONGE AND FRONT - RAILROAD BECAME PART OF GRAND TRUNK AND THEN CANADIAN NATIONAL - BUILDING BECAME WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET

PHOTO - TORONTO - 1224 ST CLAIR W - DANFORTH RADIO STORE - NOTE ALL THE TV AERIALS ON ROOF - c1960

POSTCARD - TORONTO - EXHIBITION GROUNDS - AERIAL - DOWNTOWN IN BACKGROUND - c1970

POSTCARD - TORONTO - BAY STREET WHARF - FERRY - STEAMER - SEPIA - EARLY

AD - TORONTO - SWISS CHALET BROILED CHICKEN - 234 BLOOR W - FIRST TORONTO STORE - 1950

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

POSTCARD - TORONTO - WELLINGTON - GOODERHAM BUILDING LOOKING DIRTY - NEW TORONTO-DOMINION IN BACKGROUND - c1970

POSTCARD - TORONTO - SUNNYSIDE - GRAND TRUCK RAILWAY STATION - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - S FROM ELM - MANY STORE SIGNS - STEELES TAVERN -1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - LABOR DAY - EARLY 1900s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - IMPERIAL THEATRE - SAXONY RESTAURANT - SUPERIOR RESTAURANT - OTHER STORES - 1972

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - ELGIN THEATRE UNDERGOING CHANGES - DIANA SWEETS RESTAURANT - THE LOCATION I KNEW - CROWDS - 1970s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY - NOTE HEINTZMAN PIANOS - LOEWS - EARLY 1950s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - AERIAL - CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY - EARLY 1950s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND SUMMERHILL - SUMMERHILL CPR STATION - 1916

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND QUEEN - BANK OF MONTREAL - NOTE SIGN FOR TURKISH CIGARETTES - 1913

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND ELM - ALLEN FAMILY CLOTHING STORE - 1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND EGLINTON - CAR ON MUDDY ROAD - 1912

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND DUNDAS - NW CORNER - 1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - SITE OF FUTURE O'KEEFE CENTRE - NOTE BANK OF MONTREAL IN BACKGROUND NOW HOCKEY HALL OF FAME - BUSY WITH TRUCKS - c1940

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - INTERIOR - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - FRONT - ABANDONED - SITE OF FUTURE O'KEEFE CENTRE

PHOTO - TORONTO - WATERFRONT - FOOT OF YORK STREET - MAKES ME THINK OF OLD EXPRESSION MUDDY YORK - 1914

PHOTO - TORONTO - UNION STATION - EXCAVATION FOR NEW UNION STATION - QUEEN'S HOTEL ACROSS FRONT STREET - 1915

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - SHERBOURNE STATION - YONGE LINE - 3 WOMEN WALKING - 1966

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - QUEEN'S PARK STATION - UNIVERSITY LINE - 1963

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - BLOOR STATION - YONGE LINE - CROWD ON PLATFORM - MID 1960s

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC - BUS STATION AT YONGE AND EGLINTON - NOTE ELECTRIC BUSES - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN'S PARK - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - SEPIA - 1891

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN'S HOTEL - ON SITE OF FUTURE ROYAL YORK - 1915

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN STREET W - ROW HOUSES - BILLBOARDS - 1938

PHOTO - TORONTO - MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD - LOOKING SOUTH TO MERTON - RESEMBLES MUSKOKA - 1916

PHOTO - TORONTO - MEYER'S HOTEL - SUNNYSIDE - 1911

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING STREET - E FROM CHURCH - STREETCARS WITH HORSES- MANY SIGNS - NOTE ORIGINAL CITY HALL IN BACKGROUND - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - HONEST ED'S DEPARTMENT STORE - BLOOR AND BATHURST - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - HIGHWAY 401 - LOOKING W FROM KEELE - NOTE ALL THE EMPTY LAND - 1958