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While there are no photos of the art, this catalogue – with prices – from the November 11th to 25th, 1911 contains interesting details on the artists and their work. I assume most of the paintings were quite small, painted on location, using a thumb-box to hold the paints and canvas. For reference, the earliest … Read more
From the introduction of the book: the following pages afford a conspectus of the development of the institution from its beginnings, some eighty years ago to the close of the labours of the Commission in the passing of the University Act of 1906. At just over 300 pages, there is a lot of interesting history … Read more
Back at the end of September 2009 the new Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre was pretty much complete. The visitation centre ( now called a funeral centre ) has a long, protracted history reaching back to initial plans in 2004. It looks like they’ve done a nice job of the building and landscaping, and the running/walking/biking … Read more
The Art Metropole building still stands at 241 Yonge street, across from Eatons Centre. But in 1906 is was located farther south at 149 Yonge Street. The catalogue also includes other important details: The new building was also used to house exhibits like the Thumb-box exhibition by Canadian Artists – 1911 They were quite proud of … Read more
Certain sections of Toronto have changed quite a bit, and others, like the corner of Hepbourne and Ossington in Bickford Park have changed very little. So maybe the neighbours couldn’t agree on the colour of the roof, and there are certainly more trees and greenery in the modern picture (a 2009 screen capture from Google … Read more
The 1900 Architectural Sheet Metal Building Material of Every Description is a fascinating 362 page catalogue that has been scanned and made available online on the Internet Archive. It was produced by the Metallic Roofing Co of Canada – located at King and Dufferin streets in Toronto. The catalogue has illustrations and photos on most … Read more
I’ve often noticed “Shelter Valley Road” when driving back and forth along the 401 between Toronto and Kingston. It always looked like a great place to enjoy the fall colours in Ontario with the top down in a convertible, and I found out I was right! Here are the photos to prove it. Shelter Valley … Read more
We managed to get out on the snowshoes back in December 2010 mid-December. There wasn’t a ton of snow yet, maybe a foot, but enough to enjoy the Ontario forest. In some places there were branches sticking up through the snow, but not a lot. Here are some shots of the wonderful old lodge nearby, … Read more