Toronto Globe and Mail

Photos of people gathering maple syrup. 1926.

Source: Toronto Globe and Mail

William James Family

 Crossing Toronto Bay on the ice, foot of York Street, ca. 1911

  

 Crowd boarding ferry, Royal Canadian Yacht Club 

wharf 20, Toronto Island, ca. 1930

  

 Crowd tries to board truck, 1919

  

 Cyclists, Centre Island, 1908

  

 Double high wheel bicycle, 1934

  

 Eglinton ford, West Don River, ca. 1912

  

Family reads Armistice Day headlines, November 11, 1918

 

Source: Toronto Archives

Alexandra Studio

Series consists of negatives produced by Lou and Nat Turofsky, Roy Mitchell, and Hal Crellin while assosiated with the Toronto-based commercial photography firm, Alexandra Studios. The photographs were commissioned by a diverse clientele, including Maple Leaf Gardens, Canadian National Exhibition, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, City of Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission, Royal Alex Theatre, Wood Gundy, and the Ontario Motor League. There are photographs of schools, churches, hotels, medical facilities, and monuments; as well as commercial, financial, and municipal buildings. There are also photographs of sporting events, and informal and formal photographs of prominent local and visiting personalities.

 A Good Hotel dining room, ca. 1945

  

Adelaide Street West and Sheppard Street, 1946

  

Animal trainer Clyde Beatty in cage with tigers and lions

  

Ballet dancers in dressing room

  

Bay Street at Adelaide Street West, 1940s

 

Source: Toronto Archives

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

Alexander Galbraith

Family of William Rennie, curling party, 

Swansea, Ontario, December 25, 1904

  

Ice boat on Toronto Bay, 1906

  

Logging operation, after 1920

  

Robert Parker's team and cutter, 1908

  

 

Toboganning, High Park, Toronto, 1904

  

Sleighing party, Queen's Park, ca. 1906

 

Source: Toronto Archives

William James Family

A Ward's Island backyard, ca. 1908

  

Champions of all the regiments, 

35th Battalion tug-of-war team, ca. 1915

  

Children on toboggans and sleds, Rosedale, ca. 1910

  

Concertina player on Major Street, ca. 1912

  

Costume garden party, 1920s

 

Source: Toronto Archives

Alexander Galbraith

The Alexander Galbraith Collection consists of about 500 photographic images taken in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between about 1894 and 1950, which document prominent businessmen, politicians, and royalty, as well as a wide variety of physical and social settings.

 Barn raising on the farm of Joseph Bales, Lansing, North York Township, frame completed

  

Farmers market, West Toronto, ca. 1939

  

Garden party in honour of Prince Arthur, Stanley Barracks, ca. 1904

  

H. A. Massey's team and carriage, ca. 1905

  

 Lord and Lady Minto, going to the races 

from the home of Sir Joseph Flavelle, ca. 1903

  

Picking peaches at Vineland, 1932

  

Reservoir Park, Toronto

 

Six Nations Indians, Caledonia

  

Tally Ho showing visitors around Toronto, ca. 1905

William James Family

This collection consists of photographs taken by members of the William James family, including William James, Sr. (1866-1948), and sons William James, Jr. and Norman James (1907-1992). The fonds [fonds="the aggregation of documents that originate from the same source"] has been arranged into four series, and includes nearly 5,000 negatives and prints. The collection is part of the Toronto Archives.

Airplane flying over crowd, 1910

  

At the end of the water chute ride at Scarboro Beach Park, 1908

  

Bathers and cars in Humber River, 1922

  

Boys at work on "home" farm, ca. 1910

  

Buggies parked at Herb Lennox picnic, Jackson's Point, July 20, 1911