Coffee break
Taking a break for a spot of tea or a cup of coffee? Meet some other Torontonians caught enjoying a “cuppa” over the 20th century.
Coffee going up to 25 cents a cup
Erin Combs/Toronto Star
March 1, 1974
In 1974, Torontonians were incensed at the rising cost of a cup of coffee.
Lloyd LaVaux and Bubel
Frank Calleja/Toronto Star
February 13, 1973
Bubel, the spider monkey, owned by Lloyd LaVaux, reportedly enjoyed cheesecake from Kensington Market and just a bit of cognac in her after-dinner espresso coffee.
Police Appreciation Day
Ed Feeny/Toronto Star
July 31, 1969
Nurse Bernadette O’Shea serves doughnuts and coffee to Constable Jim Green during St. Joseph’s Hospital’s Police Appreciation Day.
Coffee atop the C.N. Tower
Boris Spremo/Toronto Star
September 26, 1973
Yvon Rainville lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as the CN Tower reaches 785 feet.
The completed tower is 1,815 feet (or 553 metres).
Photo credits
All images from Toronto Star Photograph Archive
| Coffee on the Danforth Photographer unknown October 22, 1934 |
Jacqueline Brown Don Dutton March 14, 1975 |
Mary Sotnick Doug Griffin November 10, 1967 |
Rev. John C. Robson Frank Lennon January 11, 1968 |
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Sidewalk cafe in Yorkville |
Mrs. James Simpson |
Madame Modova Photographer unknown October 30, 1939 |
Unidentified woman |
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Café Diplomatico |
Alex Hamilton Harold Barkley September 13, 1972 |
Caroline Pierce Jim Wilkes March 4, 1976 |
Arthur Cole Harold Barkley November 5, 1977 |