Goldie
Senior Member
Toronto City Hall opening ceremonies 1899
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r937
Active Member
wow, so much diversity
"evocative images of lost toronto"
i'm glad we no longer live in this toronto
LowPolygon
Senior Member
Oh, c'mon man. There are at least two dozen diverse variations of facial hair visible in that photo, including several varieties of mutton chops.
Goldie
Senior Member
Early Toronto Islands
Dotty's Hippodrome c.1885-95
Centre Island
Hanlans Point
foreground - roller coaster, baseball stadium
middle - site of airport-to-be
top - Fort York, CNE grounds
Dotty's Hippodrome c.1885-95
Centre Island
Hanlans Point
foreground - roller coaster, baseball stadium
middle - site of airport-to-be
top - Fort York, CNE grounds
donoreo
Active Member
Not to mention I am sure they are a fair mixture of Scottish and even Irish decent people!
Earlscourt_Lad
Active Member
Also, many members of different Masonic Lodges, multiple Orange Order Lodges, and maybe (just maybe) a Catholic.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Not to mention Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, high Anglicans, low Anglicans and maybe (just maybe) a Lutheran.
donoreo
Active Member
Lutheran? Let's not get crazy here!
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
But, no "United". (Church)
Regards,
J T
Regards,
J T
sonny
New Member
Night:
I am curious regarding the above snowy winters night photo, absolutely magnificent, does anybody know where it was taken and if those houses still exist.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
It's Dundas (formerly Wilton) at Mutual. That house on the NE corner is still there.
the lemur
Senior Member
There were probably a few people of Irish descent in the picture, though not everyone at the time would have considered them decent.
And we haven't even gotten into the sartorial diversity on display there.
DSC
Superstar
Good catch! Might be public spirited to suggest Archives add to their photo caption? It's a great photo!
nostalgic
Active Member
I beg to differ. My Irish-immigrant ancestors were well established in Toronto by 1860. Through The Queen’s Own Rifles, my great-grandfather became life-long friends with John Morison Gibson, a Member of the Legislature from 1879 to 1905. Gibson held the posts of Provincial Secretary, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Attorney General of Ontario before serving as Lieutenant Governor from 1908 to 1914. He was the son of Scottish immigrants.
