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A Collection of Vintage Yonge Street Photographs from 1850 – 1950

April 6, 2017 Joel Levy

On my latest visit to the Toronto archives I fell in love with the vintage Yonge street of the 1850s […]

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A Curated Collection of Vintage Rugby Photographs from Canada

March 3, 2017 Joel Levy

The Toronto Wolfpack Rugby League team kicks of their inaugural season in the RFL Saturday March 4th, 2017. In celebration […]

1907 - 1908 - Hunters and dogs on muddy Bathurst Street north of St. Clair Avenue West 2
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Vintage Hunting Photographs from the Early to Mid 1900s

February 16, 2017 Joel Levy

While browsing the Toronto Archives, I came across quite a few old photographs of people hunting. The vintage hunting photographs […]

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The Past, Present and Future of Front and Sherbourne

January 20, 2017 Rob Campbell

Big things are happening at Front and Sherbourne in 2017. Two of the four corners will soon be ringed with […]

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Vintage Photographs of Toronto Snow Storms and Aftermaths

January 13, 2017 Joel Levy

Winter must have been tough to handle for Toronto back in the day. Technology surrounding snow removal has come a […]

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Old Photographs of Ruins from the Toronto Fire that Destroyed Downtown

December 29, 2016 Joel Levy

On the night of April 19th, 1904 and the morning of April 20th, 1904, a Toronto fire decimated downtown Toronto and […]

1985 - A wing-mounted camera captures this view of the Toronto skyline with pilot Larry Newman 37 left and Star photographer Mike Slaughter
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Vintage Aerial Photographs of the City of Toronto

December 21, 2016 Joel Levy

Aerial photographs are pretty popular these days on social media sites like Instagram, Flickr and 500px. I decided to take […]

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Vintage Photographs of Ontario Place in its Prime

December 14, 2016 Joel Levy

I grew up in the 80s and early nineties and even though Canada’s Wonderland was making an impact with their […]

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The History of The Log Driver’s Waltz

December 8, 2016 Joel Levy

The Log Driver’s Waltz, as most people know it, was one of the Canada Vignettes series of short films that were […]

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Hilarious Vintage CBC News Report on the Inception of Snowboarding

December 1, 2016 Joel Levy

Snowboarding was not met with open arms upon its inception and growing popularity on local ski hills in California in […]

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