This photo is of my wife with her mother and big sister walking on the east side of Yonge St. south of Dundas, dressed up to go downtown. Note the hats, gloves and suits for everyone. The photo is from 1949 or 1950.
Summary: stereograph, unmounted. People walking, on bicycle and streetcar.
From Library of Congress, Digital ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b43049 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43049
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-96947 (b&w film copy neg.)
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