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The 1939 visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth was the first visit to Canada of a reigning monarch -- and Toronto did it up in style. This shot of Yonge Street, looking south from Queen shows the Union Jack proudly on display in preparation for…

This is a scene from the 1850s, depicting the Hoggs Hollow toll gate, situated in North Toronto on Yonge Street near York Mills. The neighbourhood itself is named after the Hogg family, who settled the area in the 1820s. They owned a whiskey…

A painting of Thomas Nightingale's house, which stood near the corner of Yonge & Roxborough streets, just north of the modern Rosedale subway station, in the 1870s.

Well, its summer, so it must be construction season! This image shows improvements along Yonge Street, widening the street for Stop 21 at Yonge and Glengrove.

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"Ketchum was born in Spencertown, New York, and came to Upper Canada in 1799 to join his brother Seneca. In 1812 he took over a tannery on the south-west corner of Newgate (Adelaide) and Yonge Streets, prospered in business, and became one of the…

Joe Smolij was a legend of the local chess players at Yonge and Gould. "Kill As You Go Gambit" was his tag line. A real performer

The infamous bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by police just outside of the Biograph Theater in Chicago in 1934. I'm not sure what movie he saw, but it certainly was his last. The Biograph Theater saved the chair that he sat in that…

Gone are the days when you would announce that you would be going away for a holiday... and leaving your house empty! The offices of Life were at 65 Yonge Street.

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The long road to church on a Sunday morning. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.

John Simcoe Macaulay (1791-1855) came to Upper Canada in 1821 and had a long career in York as a politician, businessman and Surveyor General of Upper Canada. He received from his patron, John Graves Simcoe a land grant of Park Lot 9, stretching…