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MEMORIES OF ATTENDING TORONTO’S SANTA CLAUS PARADE IN 1922

November 16, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

       City of Toronto Archives, The Globe and Mail Collection, Fonds 1488, Item 6614 The passage quoted below is from the novel, “There Never

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MEMORIES OF TORONTO’S 1944 WARTIME SANTA CLAUS PARADE

November 16, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

    The City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail Collection, Fonds 1488, Item 6614 The Toyland Circus Float in the 1944 Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade

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Personal memories of the greatest snowstorm to ever hit Toronto

November 16, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

                      City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, SS 100, Item 457 The above photo illustrates the sight that greeted Torontonians on the  morning of December

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Scenes of Toronto following the worst snowstorm to ever hit the city (Post #2)

November 16, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, SS 0100, Item 449 Yonge Street looking north at Richmond Street the day after the great storm of 1944.

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December of 2011 is the 67th anniversary of the worst snowstorm to ever descend on Toronto (post #1)

November 16, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

The worst snow storm to ever descend upon Toronto was in December of 1944. It holds the record as the most snow that ever fell

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