This explains (and shows) the 'calligraphy' which was done by Harold Town.
http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/north-york-central-blog/2011/07/art-at-the-library-the-harold-towne-frieze.html
A photo of the locomotive shop from the Canadian Science and Technology Museum
http://www.imagescn.technomuses.ca/structures/index_choice.cfm?id=76&photoid=-181976459
I define it as the same as the actual municipal border of the Town of Leaside (pre- or post- annexation of Thorncliffe Park, your choice):o
The Birth of Leaside
You live in North Toronto. Or Davisville.
The Manifest Destiny of North Toronto
Yes, there was some discussion about whether the bridge in the photo had been 'misidentified' and whether the view was looking north or south, and I gave a half-hearted search and...
Many Rosedale bridges here
http://wholemap.com/historic/toronto.php?neighbourhood=Rosedale
found it...
I think it was called the Willows (=Willows Bridge) and gone directly or indirectly because of Hurricane Hazel.
http://data.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/misc/shsmap/shsmap7.1.html#image-32
I think you got it right. My first thought when I saw Mustapha's ghost sign was 'I didn't know Junors /Junor's had been around so long'.
And if you want to link to a photo, use the Archives' 'view full window' option...
It used to be Cruickshanks - a small garden centre. They also sold bulbs through a mail order catalogue. The old house had a green vitrolite(?) tile front. There's a photo of what it used to look like here:
http://studiolabeaute.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/H23.pdf
The popcorn man. He drove a tiny little car and it seemed as if he used the engine to pop the popcorn. Might have been a Fiat 5000.
Is the house still standing?
Can you name these Toronto intersections from historical aerial photographs?
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/01/28/can-you-name-these-toronto-intersections-from-historical-aerial-photographs.html
I had a bit of a problem with the answer to question 7 but the correct answer has now been...
The 'Evocative Images' thread says 30 Adelaide St W (when you asked back in 2010:o)
http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/11018-Evocative-Images-of-Lost-Toronto?p=435298&highlight=stainton#post435298
I recall seeing a photo of one on the Scarborough Historical Society's facebook page. I think it was on Gooderham Drive in Wexford and was built by the postee's father.
Here's one from Mississauga.