Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Richard White]

Punch buggy Yellow, orange and red, no punch backs!

When I was younger, I once hit my father in the arm while driving thinking it was a joke.

 

[Towered]

Punch buggy Yellow, orange and red, no punch backs!

I always hated that trend. Never made sense to me.

 

[LPCI]

Punch buggy Yellow, orange and red, no punch backs!

 

[Goldie]

Union Station 1873 (1873-1927) TPL

 

[LPCI]

Union Station 1873 (1873-1927) TPL
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J. Edson story.

James Henry Esson b. 10 Aug 1853 Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Sep 1933 Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations

 

[LPCI]

Darn auto correct....J. Esson story.

 

[Goldie]

Toronto Island Airport, Maple Leaf Stadium, Harbourfront area 1940 TPL

 

[Goldie]

William Stevens, teamster, Toronto 1919 TPL

 

[LPCI]

William Stevens, teamster, Toronto 1919 TPL
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Harnessing was an art. Nice shoes on the team. Well looked after. My grandfather-in-law would have a beer at the end of the day...a swig for him, a swig for the horse...all in the barn where his wife wouldn’t see!

 

[Goldie]

King St. W. looking W from E of York St. 1956 TPL

Buildings at right - Correction: the North American Life Bldg., Globe & Mail Bldg., Lord Simcoe Hotel (under construction...demolished 1981)

 

[jaborandi]

Great shot of King Street West, though I am uncertain that the first building is the Toronto Star. I very vaguely recall there being a bank building in a somewhat deco/moderne style. It was a French Canadian banque. It was another loss on a block of so many losses.

 

[Goldie]

I am uncertain that the first building is the Toronto Star. I very vaguely recall there being a bank building in a somewhat deco/moderne style. It was a French Canadian banque. It was another loss on a block of so many losses.

You're observation may be correct, jaborandi and the Toronto Public Library's notes mistaken.

 

[adma]

It was the North American Life Building.

Historicist: North American Edifice Complex

Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. King Street looking east from York to Bay streets with the North American Life Building on the left side, November 6, 1936. City of Toronto...

torontoist.com

 

[W. K. Lis]

211 University Avenue.

Gladys Louise Smith lived here.

Better known as Mary Pickford.

See link.

 

[Goldie]

Cayuga (1907-1960), leaving Toronto through Eastern Gap 1918 TPL