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Urban Shocker
Doyenne
That's it! The outfit I'll wear to Carmen!
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Love the trees, the flapper and the car....
LowPolygon
Senior Member
Love the trees, the flapper and the car....
yes that girl would have been 'the bees knees' in 1926! small brim cloche hat, belted wool coat with fur collar...
the full on flapper look didn't really emerge until the mid-20's so, by Toronto standards she is definitely 'the cat's meow'!
the avenue of trees is lovely--they are long gone of course, but many of the houses remain...
Anna
Active Member
LowPolygon
Senior Member
Glengrove in 1906
that is an absolutely stunning photograph--thank you....
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Old Glengrove is one of the only examples I can think of where coniferous trees were used as "street" trees,species that you'll never see today on the City's Urban Forestry approved species list. What a great effect they had, like a row of columns in an ancient city.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Since the houses were built considerably later than the trees were planted, was Glengrove the approach to an earlier estate, or a more important street, at one time?
wwwebster
Active Member
The Beatty farmhouse, perhaps?
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/yor-m-york-n.jpg
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Sure looks it when you compare the McGill map to the 1910 Goad (good find, wwwebster!):
Mustapha
Senior Member
Sure looks it when you compare the McGill map to the 1910 Goad (good find, wwwebster!):
How interesting; Duplex avenue was named Chancellor street. And it dead ended at what we locals call Glenview ravine. UTer nomoreatorontonian emailed me mentioning that the present earth berm carrying Duplex over the ravine was built up from subway construction tailings.
Anna
Active Member
At one point the north side of Glengrove was 'Glen Grove Park' - including fairgrounds, race track, lacrosse games...
LowPolygon
Senior Member
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thecharioteer
Senior Member
Great selection as usual, deepend. These in particular remind me of William Morris' dystopian view of the industrial city, which he described as "sordid, aimless, ugly confusion". Perhaps a bit harsh, but the combination of the gray skies, polluted river and landscape are quite depressing.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
OK Gents. My spy having returned, and after a fine supper a The Wokker, he "spillied the entire table"!
(not really)
JOHN D SLATTER,
medal to his right: (the round one) N/W CANADA CAMPAIGN 1885.
medal to his left: LONG SERVICE MEDAL, COLONIAL AUXILLARY FORCES OFFICERS' DECORATION.
(20 YEARS SERVICE aka VD.)
ALSO THIS:
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada > BANDS > BIOGRAPHIES > SLATTER, JOHN
Added interest:
Residence, 30 Harbord Street Phone KI ingsdale 2702. (Bell - 1944)
18 Harbord Street. (1910 - Might's City Directory)
Queen Elizabeth II was/continues as THE COL IN CHIEF of the 48th.
Regards,
J T
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