thecharioteer
Senior Member
Today we commemorate the deaths of significant persons with teddy bears, plastic wrapped flowers, hand-written notes and chalk messages. Edwardian Toronto handled things differently, and when Edward VII died on May 6, 1910, buildings went into mourning with elaborate displays of bunting, drapery and flags, sometimes approaching a level of "public art" not seen until Christo.
The following are an extraordinary set of photographs from the Toronto Public Library digital collections, reflecting a lost art and a vanished world:
The following are an extraordinary set of photographs from the Toronto Public Library digital collections, reflecting a lost art and a vanished world: