My new love for vintage… anything!
The Toronto Archives are great sources of vintage photographs. I not only love them for their authenticity, but the pictures into the past invoke a feeling of awe. Things are so different now, I can only gawk. Here are a few pictures that I have picked out for a personal gallery.
Circa 190-, 192-.
Yonge Street: Streecar Strike, Grocers, Motorists Must Not Operate Cars Past Each Other On These Curves
On Sundays at the building north of the St. Lawrence Market, there is a Sunday (flea) market. There is a man called Lincoln (if I remember correctly) that sells big prints of these photographs. I spent the better part of my visit to the flea market at his booth. He’s pretty knowledgeable and pointed me to the city archives for more goodies. I bought two prints, exhausting all the cash I had on hand that day (and I even had to borrow to subsidize my purchase… I felt so guilty!) I can’t wait to hang the prints!
