[Goldie]

One hundred years ago Great Britain declared war (Aug. 4, 1914).

Canadian troops prepare for embarkation at St. John, NB (1915).

 

[thecharioteer]

Troops departing from old Union Station, going along The Esplanade at Yonge:

 

[Goldie]

 

[Goldie]

To me, this is the most horrific photo from WWI.
Four mothers who have been convinced to show pride in the deaths of their "brave sons."

 

[thecharioteer]

Great idea for a thread, Goldie!

Some 1914 posters in theTPL:

 

[Goldie]

I couldn't resist expressing my sentiment:

 

[thecharioteer]

Very good, Goldie! The advertising is actually somewhat "modern" in the sense that it's all about "you".

Some more from the TPL collection:

 

[thecharioteer]

From the Ontario Archives:

From the Library of Congress:

 

[Anna]

From John Boyd's World War I Toronto military training photograph album.
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/c...nnel=7cb4ba2ae8b1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

 

[thecharioteer]

Amazing album, Anna.

Some pics from the Toronto Archives:

 

[Goldie]

Recruits in the movies 1914 - cameraman, William James Sr.

Yes, there were movies, one hundred years ago!

 

[thecharioteer]

1915:

 

[thecharioteer]

One of the best books on the War: The Rites of Spring (1989) by Canadian author Modris Eksteins:

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/13/b...ism-rites-of-spring-rites-of-destruction.html

Out this year: The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/b...ed=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias:r&_r=0

 

[Goldie]

Welcome Home Ernest Sears, 330 Danforth Ave., 1918

(This was the Sears Cartage Co.)

 

[RoseGBurdette]

really

oh really