Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Crazy David's T-Shirts on Yonge Street.
Yonge Street 1974. Crazy DAvid's T-Shirt store is just to the left of Clockwork Orange.
Photo by Bob Whalen. Detective work by Mark Moore.
You don't see girls like that hitch hiking much these days....
Back in the 1970's there was a shop on Yonge Street that sold t-shirts and would make a custom shirt while you waited. Here's an ad from National Lampoon 1972. Note the Toronto address at the bottom.
Crazy David was David Keller formerly a member of a band called the Preachers.
An article from Billboard 1974.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Dundas and Jarvis/Then and Now
The S/E corner of Dundas and Jarvis sometime in the 1950's just after the Bank has been robbed.
2010.Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Vintage Stereo Ads/1972
Some vintage stereo adverts from the December 1972 issue of National Lampoon.
Hideous speakers from JBL, Prima 25's
Hideous speakers from JBL, Prima 25's
A selection of receivers from Pioneer.
Superscope was an inexpensive line from Marantz.For more vintage 1970's stereo please visit seventies stereo.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Vintage Kitchens
A collection of images of kitchens from the late 1940's through to the early 1970's.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Parkdale Summer/Springhurst and Spencer/Then and Now
Three boys enjoy a summer's day at S/W the corner of Springhurst and Spencer in the late 1940's. That's a Studebaker beside them.
A somewhat current view.
A 1948 Studebaker with suicide doors.Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Kung Fu, The Legend Continues
Back in the early 1990's we worked on the television series Kung Fu. TLC. Many of the shows were shot on location in Chinatown.
These two storefronts on Spadina were a standing set that was Caine's Dojo.
My 1965 Corvair Corsa was painted bright green and used as a picture vehicle known as the Kermitmobile.Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Vintage Diner on Roncesvalles
Rick McGinnis recently got a look inside the old Ace Restaurant on Roncesvalles and was able to take some pictures of this well preserved diner. For the whole story and more photos click here.The Ace has been closed for years but remains intact and unmolested.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Old Chinese Restuarants Around Town
My favourite, the Kom Jug Yuen on Spadina near Cecil. We've been going there for BBQ pork on rice since Art College. Nothing fancy here.
The Pagoda in Hamilton.
The Chungking (closed) on Spadina.
The House of Cheung on Bloor near Lansdowne.