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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Players Cigarettes 1914
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This Players ad from 1914 has a pack of cigarettes at 18 cents a pack. Today the price is $10.00. That's 55 times MORE! They should be 2...
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Old Parkdale Advertisements
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Parkdale House Demolition 1910
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An advert from 1910 seeking someone to knock down a few houses in Parkdale for the Grand Trunk Railroad. Empress and Dunn highlighted. The ...
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Dundas and Sterling/Then and Now
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The south side of Dundas opposite Sterling Ave. some time in the late 1930's. A similar viewpoint in 2010.
Bond and Shuter/Then and Now
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The S/W corner of Bond and Shuter in 1908. Massy Hall is to the extreme right. 2011.
Yonge and Queen/Then and Now
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Looking east along Queen Street at Yonge in 1952. Note the Arcadian Theatre, 2011.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Queen and James/Then and Now
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Looking east along Queen Street at James circa 1910. 2010. Another good shot of the Adams Furniture Store building. This entire block was de...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Simpson's 1911
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A postcard from 1908. A full page Simpson's ad from the Toronto World 1911.
Toronto House Prices 1910
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A selection of real estate ads from 1910. A time machine would be helpful.
Lux Burlesque/Then and Now
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Back in the 1950's and 60's Toronto had quite a few Burlesque Houses where men could go to watch women take their clothes off (but n...
Friday, January 7, 2011
Bat Fink Ratmobile
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Two of my favourite things from the sixties. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink driving George Barris' 1966 Batmobile . Ed ...
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Bloor and Lansdowne /Then and Now
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Looking north up Lansdowne from south of Bloor in the early 1960's. I'm not sure what this TTC vehicle is, perhaps something to do w...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Royal York and Glenroy/Then and Now
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This is Glenroy Avenue in Etobicoke looking east from Royal York Road at the turn of the century (1900). A similar view in 2010.
Kipling and Lakeshore/Then and Now
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Almont Hotel, July 1953. N/W corner of Kipling and Lakeshore. Giant television! 2010.
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