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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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Vintage Photographs of the Construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct

January 4, 2018 Joel Levy

Designed by Edmund W. Burke, the Prince Edward Viaduct, or the Bloor Street Viaduct as you may know it, connects […]

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A look at the Architecture and Contents of the Toronto Reference Library

October 12, 2017 Serena Lopez

Home to the largest reference collection in Canada, the Toronto Reference Library, formerly the Metropolitan Reference Library, is one of […]

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A Curated Collection of Old Hockey Photographs from Toronto

October 10, 2017 Joel Levy

For my latest collection of vintage pics, I thought I would find some old hockey photographs from the Toronto area […]

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A journey through time inside Toronto’s historical ‘The Great Hall’

July 27, 2017 Sonya Davidson

If you travel along Queen Street West approaching Dovercourt you’d never know that behind a set of doors on the […]

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Vintage College Street Photographs from Toronto (Part 2)

July 27, 2017 Joel Levy

The second part of our curated collection of Vintage College Street Photographs spans the years from 1928 – 1981. If […]

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Vintage Queen Street Photographs from Toronto (Part 2)

July 20, 2017 Joel Levy

The second part of our curated collection of vintage Queen Street photographs spans the years from 1924 until 1983. The […]

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Vintage College Street Photographs from Toronto, Canada

July 13, 2017 Joel Levy

For our latest curated collection of vintage pics from Toronto, I thought I would focus on Vintage College Street photographs. […]

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Vintage Queen Street Photographs from Toronto, Canada

July 6, 2017 Joel Levy

For our latest curated collection of vintage photographs from Toronto, I thought I would focus on Vintage Queen Street. As […]

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