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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    The footprint of 91 Sumach on the 1890 Goads map shows a house with a wide front – like the modern house that is now apparently divided into two. The Google-image house has old worn bricks, so it doesn’t seem to be a rebuild. On an extensive renovation that essentially keeps the character of the...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I didn’t think celery could be so miraculous so Googled Paines Celery Compound. Until 1906 it contained cocaine. George S. Bause, M.D., M.P.H. (Honorary Curator and Laureate of the History of Anesthesia at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology in Schaumburg, Ill.) calls it "a preparation...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    What a clever idea to have them hold the tools of their trade. Why are so many wearing shirt and tie? Is that what they wore for construction work? Did they dress up for photo day? Maybe it was taken one Sunday after church and they put their overalls and aprons on over their good clothes. Such...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Except none of them has indoor plumbing.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    What a thrill to see these images of Yonge St in 1860! The view north from King shows my 2X great-grandfather’s business at 86 Yonge. If only it were more clear! F. Clarke and Son Boots and Shoes was there from 1860 to 1876. His first business and home in Toronto was at 111 King St. E. – the...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I might have to concede that the mystery creek could be Taddle Creek… but with a caveat. The 1851 Fleming topographical map shows two water courses, but an 1842 map shows one water course branching at Lot St. east of New St. http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/dvhmp/Scans/G_3524_T61_1842.jpg I...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I had looked at the Lost Rivers site but couldn’t reconcile it with the 1851 Fleming topographical map: http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/digital/NG/historicTOmaps/1851flemingliberatedfromsid.jpeg Here’s a detail that shows Taddle Creek on the left and the mystery creek on the right, its...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I’ve spent an enjoyable hour or so over lunch, looking up maps and trying to figure out the “creek” named on the plan. I don’t think it’s Taddle Creek. The 1857 Fleming Ridout & Schreiber map shows the “creek" clearly, flowing southeast across the city from Queen’s Park but not connected to...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Bernard Cairns was at 134 Richmond St W according to Might’s Directory, 1943.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I agree. And this site has the drama and excitement of discovery! What will crop up next?
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Thank you! My grandfather, who worked for Kodak, took the photo to advertise the Kodak Amateur Flashlight Outfit.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    My mother listening to The Three Bears in 1923. Maybe a Victor radio? I can’t find any images that match this.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I can answer that question. The mysterious man is my paternal grandfather, C.J.B. (Charles John Benedictus) Howard, an Ontario Land Surveyor with an interest in engineering and construction (based on what he photographed and sketched after arriving in Canada from Germany in 1906). He might have...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    From the top of the Temple Building, 1913. I think the tall building in the distance is the CPR Building at King and Yonge.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Photo taken by my grandfather from the 7th floor of the Temple Building, 1913.

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