Sunday, November 20, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

A Traffic Jam Near High Park, 1910


Two Ford Model T automobiles drive side-by-side what is probably the eastern shore of Grenadier Pond in High Park in 1910.  Note that, as with today, there were more people on Toronto's roads than there were cars.

A Ford Model T Drives Through High Park In 1910


A Model T motorcar drives past what looks like a stately oak in High Park in 1910.  At this point the Model T had only been available for a year and a half.

Unknown River, 191X


An unknown river, most likely the Humber, with a bridge and a building in the distance.

Humber River, 191X


A gentleman observes the Humber River early in the 20th century.  The Humber River watershed is now home to over 700 000 people, but early in Toronto's history it and the Don River were key to the city's milling and masonry needs.