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The start of the Yonge Street subway.
View from mr father's store.
Paige Credit Jewellers (Paige's)
357 Yonge Street
Geri Paige Gans
Paige Credit Jewellers (Paige's)
357 Yonge Street
Geri Paige Gans
A line-up of streetcars, 1914
A traffic jam, 1914-style. This view looking north on Yonge Street from Granby Street shows the Yonge, College and Avenue Road trolley cars lined up.
I wonder which was faster: the trolley car, the horse, the bike, or motorcar?
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I wonder which was faster: the trolley car, the horse, the bike, or motorcar?
Courtesy of…
Aerial view at night
I love the night life! Yonge Street from King to Queen Streets, looking north from the Canadian Pacific Building. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
An early IOU
Upper Canada did not issue official currency, and in the early years a variety of currency circulated in York (Toronto) -- chiefly American, Spanish, French and English. But during the War of 1812, even this currency was rare.
Businessmen such…
Businessmen such…
Baby, it's cold outside!
These snowbanks at the corner on King and Yonge were almost as high as the shoppers! Haven't seen that in a long time!
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
Bedford Park Lunch & Ice Cream Parlour
Those were the good old days. This ice cream parlour was located on Yonge Street between Wanless & Ranleigh Avenues
Bedford Park Volunteer Fire Brigade
The Bedford Park Volunteer Fire Brigade, pictured in front of John Atkinson's shop at Yonge and Bedford Park Avenue in about 1900.
Bike lane on Yonge Street, 1910
This view from the east side of Yonge Street, just south of Shuter Street shows a wide berth for the brave bike rider. If you look closely, you will see in the background that our lone cyclist is sharing the road with a horse-drawn cart.
Courtesy…
Courtesy…
bloor and yonge st
intersection of Yonge st and Bloor st
Captain John's
A landmark soon to disappear.