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

William James Family

Children of The Ward, ca. 1911

  

Group with fortune teller at a garden party, ca. 1910

 

Men reading the want advertisments for jobs, Melinda Street, 1919

 

Munitions workers parade at Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand, ca. 1915

 

St. Catharine's Market, 1909

 

Source: Toronto Archives

William James Family

Barn raising, 1911

 

Child and woman pumping water, ca. 1914

 

Hamilton Market, 1909

 

Man pushing car, ca. 1900

 

Motorcycle on ice, Toronto Bay, 1910

 

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

William James Family

Some Toronto area entertainments.

 

 

Children playing in canoe, Sunnyside beach, ca. 1908

  

Lacrosse game, Hanlan's Point Stadium, 1911

  

 Motorcycle pulls loaded bobsled, High Park, ca. 1912

  

The diving horse at Hanlan's Point, 1907-08

  

Women playing softball, ca. 1924

 

Source: Toronto Archives

William James Family

 McLaughlin cars, Sudbury, 1913

  

 Miss Beaton instructs swimmers, McGill Street YWCA, 1908

  

 Mothers of soldiers, 1920

  

 

 Playground, Cherry Street, 1908

 

 Start of women's marathon swim, Canadian National Exhibition, ca. 1930

  

Three girls on Fisherman's Island, ca. 1907

  

 Toronto Swimming Club, 1912

 

Source: Toronto Archives

William James Family

 House built in a day, ca. 1920

  

House, Oakville, ca. 1909

  

La Salle car in orchard, Whitby, 1929

  

Ladies' egg and spoon race, Centre Island, 1909

  

Ladies' orchestra at auto show, Toronto Armouries, 1912

  

Lake steamers at Jackson's Point, Lake Simcoe, ca. 1909

  

Low water level at foot of the bluffs, Oakville, ca. 1908

 

Source: Toronto Archives

Toronto Globe and Mail

 Hairdressing Show, group, five models, November 4, 1926

  

 Miss Priscilla Dean, conductor, oiling engine, February 28, 1925

  

 Rotary, Kiwanis Garden Party, Kiwanis gypsies, June 17, 1924

  

 

 T. T. C. work on Mt. Pleasant Rd., September 15, 1925

[T. T. C. = Toronto Transit Commission, still in existence]

  

 Wasaga Beach, picnic party on beach, July 4, 1926

 

Source: Toronto Globe and Mail

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