Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Mustapha]

Hard to believe that Scarboro Beach is now Hammersmith Ave. Scarboro Beach Blvd., Glen Manor Drive..

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

WHAT DID WE EXPECT FROM AN . . .

actor?


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

Up on the roof (of St. Michael's Hospital) 1910:

Up on the roof (of the TTC Building (formerly the Board of Trade Building, Front and Yonge)) 1930:

 

[Blovertis]

That first photo is striking in that it has a casual, unguarded feel. That woman is laughing out loud -- something you don't usually see in the posed, starchy photographs from that era.

 

[LowPolygon]

Fantastic images--the second one reminds us of the more or less total eclipse of religious figures in the life of the city. The presence of Sisters and Nuns; clergymen in the form of Cardinals, Deacons, Priests, Reverends etc; as well as Jewish religious leaders, used to be a important pillar of civic life, giving structure and order to the community. Their highly symbolic and/or ornamental garb also added a particular and almost surreal flavour to the image of the city....

 

[thecharioteer]

A photo essay on milk in Toronto:

Testing milk at Union Station 1913:

Bottling plant 1928:

At the CNE 1930:

Mayor Hiram MacCallum and stars of the Ice Capades (ca.1948-51):

 

[Mustapha]

Interesting the nutritional emphasis on milk in prior decades. Was it a dairy farmer effort or were the doctors of the day pushing milk? In my gym there is a sign saying to drink chocolate milk after a workout.. the sponsor is a dairy industry organization.

I'm reminded of a picture that I came across in the online Toronto archives; there is a sign in it that says: "Bring Home the Bacon". We North Americans are the only people that regularly eat bacon, no?

 

[Mustapha]

Dentistry in early Toronto public schools was well documented by City photographers. I've picked two Toronto Archive images; the first is typical enough. The second I thought evocative. I took home cards like this to my parents. This would have been the 1960s. Often our family would get treatment at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. The public school I attended - John Fisher - had an equipped dental office, but I remember they did only exams there.

Can any UTers talk about their treatment experiences?

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

PRESENT DAY NIGHTMARE.

During the 50's after the school dentist gave me a "clean bill of dental health", my mother would trundle me to

"our real dentist", who would of course, discover 1 or 2 cavities. Please bear in mind, a tooth can only be operated

upon so many times until extraction is required. I believe that his retirement was "enhanced", by the above practice.

My father, never having "visited", retained his originals up until 3 years before his death at 95, his brother likewise at

97. Dear mother, by another "practitioner of the art", ended up with solid gold inlays.

My present dentist (a good man) occupies the former office of George Gooderham. It may not still be

"Worth the drive to Acton", but the elevator ride at 49 east, is a treat!


Regards,
J T

 

[GenerationW]

Dentistry in early Toronto public schools was well documented by City photographers. I've picked two images; the first is typical enough. The second I thought evocative. I took home cards like this to my parents. This would have been the 1960s. Often our family would get treatment at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. The public school I attended - John Fisher - had an equipped dental office, but I remember they did only exams there.

Can any UTers talk about their treatment experiences?

My public school had a dental office in the 70's. I believe regular appointments stopped after second or third grade, but I'm not sure if that was standard policy or if dental offices were phased out back then. I can't remember if they filled cavities.

The next time I visited a dentist some eight years later (prior to getting braces), I discovered that I had eight cavities! Too many chocolate bars and sweet-tarts may have had something to do with that.

 

[LowPolygon]

A photo essay on milk in Toronto:

fantastic! as Mustapha has pointed out, milk marketing belongs to a certain era. i suppose it continues to this day, but it doesn't have the same impact on us now.

in fact, these days there are probably more people who would find drinking cow's milk to be a rather strange thing to do, than find it a "healthy, natural" thing to do. we are therefore probably past the point of needing to have Diary trucks deliver emergency supplies of said white liquid.

of course, without milk there would be no images of:

"Donald C. Stewart puts finishing touches on butter sculpture of Lord Baden-Powell at CNE"

and without said sculture there would be no images of "Lady Baden-Powell views butter sculpture of Lord Baden-Powell with Boy Scouts at CNE"

 

[thecharioteer]

Happy Dominion Day, all!

July 1, 1904, Dominion Day Parade, Hoskins Avenue:

July 1, 1952, Dominion Day Military Pageant, Riverdale Park:

1962:

Dominion Day weekend traffic on Highway 400, 1967 (from Ontario Archives):

 

[LowPolygon]

Happy Dominion Day, all!

July 1, 1952, Dominion Day Military Pageant, Riverdale Park:

1962:

Its amazing to me that that many people would come out to observe a military pageant, as late as 1952. It is truly another world--a world where 'Dominion Day' has a very specific meaning for the people of Toronto.

I wonder who did the paintings of Canadian historical scenes in the window of the Chartered Trust Company? No doubt a member 'in good standing' from The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts! I like the Pepsi bottle in the corner of the first one.

It appears that the Chartered Trust windows at 34 King St. West were used for the display and promotion of all sorts of things:

 

[Urban Shocker]

Its amazing to me that that many people would come out to observe a military pageant, as late as 1952. It is truly another world--a world where 'Dominion Day' has a very specific meaning for the people of Toronto.

I wonder who did the paintings of Canadian historical scenes in the window of the Chartered Trust Company? No doubt a member 'in good standing' from The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts! I like the Pepsi bottle in the corner of the first one.

Perhaps not so unusual when you consider that WW2 had ended only seven years earlier.

Some of the paintings look like they're from the Canadian history series by C. W. Jeffreys.

 

[Edward Skira]

Canada did fight in the Korean war (1950-1953).