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Memorabilia and photos of the opening of Toronto’s Yonge Street subway in 1955

December 3, 2011 johndougtaylor

I recently found this transfer, which I had saved from the year TTC’s new subway opened. My first trip had been on Sunday, March 31st.

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Rare photograph found of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ottawa in October of 1957

December 3, 2011 johndougtaylor

                         I recently found this photographs among the collection of a relative who died when she was 94 years old. It is on photo paper

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Memories of the Christmas windows of the Simpson’s Store at Queen and Bay Streets

December 3, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

Below are photos of the Simpson’s 1921 catalogue. This was year that my father immigrated to Canada. When I was a boy, he told me

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Anyone remember the restaurant prices and menus of the 1950s in Toronto?

December 3, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

The menu from the Commerce Restaurant at 87 Yonge Street may evoke a few pleasant memories of Toronto’s yesteryears.    

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Remember the amber crinkly bottles of Orange Crush?

December 3, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

The pictures below may create a few fond memories for those who remember the pop bottles of yesteryear. As a child, my brother and I

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Anyone remember dining at Toronto’s La Chaumiere Restaurant on Church Street?

December 3, 2011June 28, 2021 johndougtaylor

La Chaumiere Restaurant at 77 Charles Street East, near Church Street, opened in 1950, and was the city’s first truly French dining establishment. Its intimate

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