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Riverdale Farm - 2016 - Photo by Joel Levy
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Riverdale Farm 40th Anniversary and Events

September 26, 2018 Joel Levy

In 1978, the Riverdale Zoo (Toronto Zoo) completed its transition to the Riverdale Farm and opened its doors to the […]

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Vintage Advertising Photographs from the Toronto Archives

August 23, 2018 Joel Levy

On my most recent trip through the Toronto Archives I found some fun vintage advertising images that show the products […]

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Vintage photographs from the first years of the Toronto Zoo

August 16, 2018 Joel Levy

August 15th was the anniversary of the opening of the Toronto Zoo, or the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo as it was […]

1925 - H. Armstrong Roberts - Nipigon Men cooking copy 3
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Vintage Ontario Photographs of Summer Camps and Camping

August 9, 2018 Joel Levy

For some, summer in Toronto means summer camps and camping throughout Ontario. So for this week’s curated collection of old […]

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Curated Collection of Vintage Photographs of Paramedics and Ambulances

August 2, 2018 Joel Levy

We have shared an album of police officers, one of firefighters and their trucks, this week we are sharing vintage […]

Toronto from the top of the Rossin House Hotel, looking north-east
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1856 Toronto by photographers Armstrong, Beere and Hime

May 31, 2018 Joel Levy

While browsing the Toronto Archives for a previous post, I came across this 25 photo collection which were taken by Armstrong, […]

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Old photographs of the Toronto waterfront from the archives

May 3, 2018 Joel Levy

While browsing the Toronto Archives and the Toronto Public Library Archives, I found a lot of great images taken along […]

1924 Team Canada
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Bronze-neck, Gold-heart. Canadian Hockey History Heroes

February 28, 2018 Conshinz

So we didn’t win gold in hockey this Olympics. Son of a bitch! It’s too bad the IOC and the […]

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The 5 Most Believable Alien and UFO Sightings in Canadian History

February 21, 2018 Rafael Kuerti

In honour of the 103rd anniversary of Canada’s first major UFO report – we will take a look at the […]

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Topless shoeshine girls were a thing in Toronto

January 15, 2018 Joel Levy

Photographer Dick Loek captured many great historical images from Toronto over his years working at the Toronto Star. His images […]

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