A collection of photos from the archives.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Yonge Street/Now/Duesenberg/Cord Showroom
The Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg display from the 1935 car show at the CNE.
This Staples location on Yonge south of Shaftsbury is a former Auburn/Duesenberg/Cord showroom.
The large arch windows have been filled in but some details remain.
As Mark Moore points out, this was also a CBC studio for a number of years.
The original showroom in Auburn, Indiana.
A 1931 Duesenberg Boattail Speedster.
A 1937 Cord 812.
A 1937 Cord 812.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Vintage 1969 CCM Galaxie
An original ad from 1971.
A very clean example for sale on Kijiji.
A 1969 CCM Galaxie. Well worn but still functionally funky, given to Josh Heisie by Alan Zweig. Photos by Adam Kubiw.More Student Caricatures/Sheridan ATVF
Another drawing in a series of cruel and unflattering portrayals of my former students. Adam Kubiw-Age 53
More Vintage Bicycles
A page form the 1976 Raleigh catalogue with the Superbe and the Tourist models.
A nice CCM dealer poster from 1968. Click on the image for more detail.
A recently purchased 1970 Raleigh Suberbe with a new Brookes saddle and behind a 1969 CCM Galaxie with original sparkle grips.
Another Galaxie with the correct seat
A nice CCM dealer poster from 1967. Click on the image for more detail.
Another view of the Suberbe and the Galaxie.Sunday, August 14, 2011
More Yonge Street in the Early 1970's
Mark Moore, a Location Scout for film and television was kind enough to share these photos of Yonge Street from the early 1970's. Please click on the images for a better view.
Photos are by Charles Dobie copyright 1971-2011.
The N/W corner of Yonge and Wellesley.
The Coach House Restaurant is still there and the only greasy spoon left on Yonge.
A line up outside Sam the Record Man. Check out those bell bottoms and the prices.
There was a time when music was important and people would invest their time and money to get it. Now you just press a button and it's there, consequently it has no value as you've not had a personal investment to obtain it.......
Looking south past Sam's to the Edison Hotel.
The Hare Krishna gang that used to troll the strip looking for money and converts. The scared me when I was young.
Hare Krisna.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Vintage German Scooter
A very attractive German scooter from the 1950's.
A Honda Dream from the mid 1960's.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Islington Public School/Then
The first incarnation of the school, 1873.
1883.
Islington Public SchoolIslington Junior Middle School is one of the oldest elementary schools in Toronto. It dates back to 1833 when the first schoolhouse was built in the future Islington community on the north side of today's Dundas. Like many of its generation, it was a one room log cabin. Inside, one of the walls was painted black and used as a blackboard.
Fifty years later, a new school building was needed to service the growing community. The new school seen in this photo was designed in 1883 by William Tyrell on Canning Avenue, today's Cordova Avenue. Tyrell was a local architect responsible for the 1844 design of St. George's on-the-Hill Anglican Church also located in Islington. Tyrell also built a seven storey flour mill historically known as the “Old Mill.” Having suffered a fire in the 1860's, remains of this mill can still be seen across from Etienne Brule Park.
Tyrell's design for the new red brick schoolhouse then known as Islington Public School was simple, featuring Georgian windows. In those days, no artificial lighting was used, so students studied with natural sunlight alone. A wood stove heated the classroom. In those days, the boundaries for school attendance were much larger than they are today...from Lake Ontario to Eglinton Avenue (then known as Richview Sideroad). That school evolved into Islington Junior Middle School, which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2008.
The third incarnation of the school was built in 1919 and demolished in 1973.
Fifty years later, a new school building was needed to service the growing community. The new school seen in this photo was designed in 1883 by William Tyrell on Canning Avenue, today's Cordova Avenue. Tyrell was a local architect responsible for the 1844 design of St. George's on-the-Hill Anglican Church also located in Islington. Tyrell also built a seven storey flour mill historically known as the “Old Mill.” Having suffered a fire in the 1860's, remains of this mill can still be seen across from Etienne Brule Park.
Tyrell's design for the new red brick schoolhouse then known as Islington Public School was simple, featuring Georgian windows. In those days, no artificial lighting was used, so students studied with natural sunlight alone. A wood stove heated the classroom. In those days, the boundaries for school attendance were much larger than they are today...from Lake Ontario to Eglinton Avenue (then known as Richview Sideroad). That school evolved into Islington Junior Middle School, which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2008.
The third incarnation of the school was built in 1919 and demolished in 1973.Six Points/Then and Now?
Located on the east point of Six Points was the 6 Points Hotel also known as Love's Hotel.
This current photo is just a guess...
Dundas and Burnhamthorpe/Then and Now
The south side of Dundas just west of Canning (now Cordova) at the turn of the century.
A current view.
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