John Boyd Sr. Collection

Fishing for eels on the Humber River, Lambton, May 29, 1921

 

Humber - autos parked, June 25, 1922

 

Ice cutting - Grenadier Pond, February 10, 1923

 

Milk and bread wagons, Parkside Drive, January 13, 1929

 

Snelgrove - cross roads picnic, May 24, 1921

 

Source: Toronto Archives

High Park, Toronto

 Alice and Edna, spring scene west of pond, April 25, 1915

  

Mounted policeman and woman, May 2, 1926

 

Road scene with auto, June 23, 1912

 

Trees and reflections in water and snow, February 28, 1914

 

Sanitarium swimming pool, August 29, 1915

 

High Park, September 4, 1933

 

Snow scene - bridge, High Park, December 24, 1923

 

Source: Toronto Archives

John Boyd Sr. Collection

 Gypsy Camp - girls on road, July 11, 1926

  

 High Park showing Edna standing near birch trees, June 23, 1912

  

 Humber Drive - washing auto, May 28, 1921

  

Montreal - park toboggan slide, February 1, 1927

  

Sunnyside - High diving, July 24, 1926

 

Source: Toronto Archives

John Boyd Sr. Collection

The collection consists of about 1750 photographs taken by John Boyd Sr., and four scrapbooks of his published work. The photographs in this series were taken between 1887 and 1941, and essentially fall into two groupings: (1) About 1000 13 x 18 cm prints, mostly of Toronto scenes, taken between 1887 and 1941; (2) Two dismantled albums containing about 60 7 x 10 cm prints taken in the 1890s of miscellaneous subjects, including Toronto and Muskoka.

Auto traffic constable - City Hall, September 7, 1918

  

 Automobiling - changing tires, York Mills, April 14, 1918

  

Automobiling - generator troubles, October 15, 1910

  

Automobiling - through orchard, September 27, 1914

   

Automobiling in High Park, June 1, 1918
  

Autos - motorcycle hill climbing Bloor Street, April 27, 1919

 

Source: Toronto Archives

Toronto Globe and Mail

Photos of people gathering maple syrup. 1926.

Source: Toronto Globe and Mail

Canadian National Exhibition

These are from the Toronto Globe and Mail collection, which consists of ca. 140,000 negatives created by and/or under the direction of the Globe and Mail's first staff photographer, John H. Boyd, between December 1922 and November 1953. The range of the material is tremendous, providing a rich visual record of Toronto, especially in the 1930s and 1940s. These photos were taken at the Canadian National Exhibition in the 1920s.

Canadian National Exhibition, auto polo upset, August 25, 1923

  

Canadian National Exhibition, auto pushball, August 29, 1925

  

Canadian National Exhibition, crowd scene on Midway, September 1, 1925

  

Canadian National Exhibition, dancers, old fashioned group, September 2, 1926

  

Canadian National Exhibition, girl with parcel, walking, August 28, 1928

  

Canadian National Exhibition, Pageant, paring bee, September 8, 1926

  

Canadian National Exhibition, parked cars on blvd, 

looking SE, September 7, 1925

  

Canadian National Exhibition, Ukrainian choir 

going thru grounds, August 30, 1928

  

Canadian National Exhibition, women's swim, 

two girls being greased, August 29, 1928

 

Source: Toronto Globe and Mail