Banner image is of E. E. Rutherford’s Cut Rate Drug Store at Spadina and Nassau, circa 1915. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. If I had a time machine, there’d be many aspects of 19th century Toronto life which I’d love to travel back to and experience firsthand – but medical care would not be one […]
Read more "Davids and Daniel – King St Druggists"Banner image is of a Toronto Hydro Electric storefront, with shoe display, taken on June 12, 1924. From the Toronto City Archives. For some years now I’ve been prowling the city, hunting and photographing the terrazzo entrances of bygone Toronto businesses. Some of these inspired entries in my book, Toronto: City of Commerce 1800 – […]
Read more "Duane’s on Roncesvalles"Hello friends! I’ve a line-up of fun entries to post here soon, but I would be seriously remiss if I did not share some rather big news in this gal’s world … This past week marked the official release of my book! Inspired by ghost signs found around the city, Toronto: City of Commerce 1800 […]
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Banner photo is a view of attractions at Scarboro Beach Park, 1910. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. For a devotee of the Canadian National Exhibition – or “Ex” as it’s better known – this is an odd, vaguely melancholy time. This weekend would normally mark the last weekend…
Banner photo is a view of attractions at Scarboro Beach Park, 1910. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. For a devotee of the Canadian National Exhibition – or “Ex” as it’s better known – this is an odd, vaguely melancholy time. This weekend would normally mark the last weekend of the annual fair and, by this […]
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