The Hotel Nevada in Las Vegas. Built in 1906.
Sometime in the late 1940's, when it was the Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards)
2010.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Yonge and Gloucester/Masonic Block
The old Masonic Hall on Yonge Street. Built in 1888, restored in 1972.
Photos and research care of Mark Moore.
MASONIC BLOCK, Yonge Street at Gloucester Street, a row of seven stores,
apartments and Masonic Hall for Alex Patterson, now called Gloucester
Mews, 1888; renovated and restored 1972 (Telegram [Toronto], 26 April
1888, 2, t.c.)
A more current view by mmmighty_atom.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Glasgow Art Deco
An old Art Deco movie theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.
And this Art Deco bar/restaurant. Rogano's.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Trick Photography
This iconic photo is a fake. No dirigibles ever docked at the Empire State Building.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Queen and Sherbourne/Then and Now
The N/E corner of Queen and Sherbourne looking east at the turn of the century. Lots of bicycles and horse drawn carriages. Note the awnings to shield the customers from the elements.
A somewhat current view.
Queen and Roncesvalles/Then
Looking south towards the lake in the early 1960's. Note the early Corvair on the right.
Adelaide and Sherbourne/Then and Now
Looking east along Adelaide (then Duke Street) at Sherbourne in 1933.
2010. The building to the right, the Paul Bishop House, built in 1848 on the foundations of a previous house, has recently undergone a successful restoration.
Looking North up Sherbourne across Adelaide.
2010.
Looking south in 1933 with the Hawes Foor Wax Company on the left.
2010.
Hawes Wax tin.
Some correspondence.Adelaide and Victoria/Then and Now
An early photograph of the N/W corner of Adelaide and Victoria Street.
A current view.
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