Vanished Hamilton tells us Mills China had a worldwide reputation. In February, 1934, when the mother of U.S. president F.D. Roosevelt came to town, she visited Mills to buy china for the White House.
Although in need of repair, this old house on Fuller has some interesting period details.
The old kitchen shelves.
Enameled sink with tiled counter and back splash.
Tri-colour asbestos floor tiles.
Some more vinyl flooring.
Another Honda 350/4 from the early 1970's spotted in Vancouver last week.
The former home of the Schindler Company of Canada on Audley Street in Mimico. The wooden tower in the centre of the building was were they hung the cat-gut to dry out.
The original location for the Bo ling Chinese Food restaurant from Bob Clark's classic film, A Christmas Story (1983).
Now a French restaurant.
Two kids playing in the street 1912.
The red square indicates this lost intersection.
16 Brant Street in the spring of 1939 with the Public School in the background.
Eight months later after the repair work.
Seventy years later the house is long gone but the school remains.
Brant Street Public school south of Adelaide circa 1928.
2010.
Looking across the S/W corner of Dundas and Pacific in 1922 when it was the Old Country Furniture Store.
2010.
Looking north up Yonge Street across Alexander in 1938.
Again.
2010 and there's not much left.
Another angle of the N/E corner. This one's been mis-labelled Bathurst and Queen.
Looking west to Yonge, 1952.
2010.
A fire in 1941 at the Lyons Furniture Store.
The Edison Hotel can be seen on the right in this photo taken during subway construction in 1950. Looking east along Gould.
From the late 1970's when Music World was there.
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