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Toronto Before
People 2014
The Toronto Before People series offers a snapshot of yesterday's Torontonians mixed in with a view of the same location as we see it today. These “then and now” photographs combine the old with the new. While the blending of two images gives a unique insight into who once stood at a particular spot for a picture or what happened at a certain location many years ago. At the same it also gives us a general feel for the past while keeping the present in perspective.
 Collage.jpg |  Yonge Street StrollYonge St. north towards Queen Street 1922 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 772 |
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 Bay Street Organ GrinderBay St. north from Richmond St. 1922 – 2014 Toronto Public Library, R 4809 |  Old News on KingYonge St and Yonge St 1927 – 2010 Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 4082 |
 King’s CornerNews Stand – Northwest corner of King St. and Bay St. 1931 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1289 |  Sales at Shopper’sYonge St. and King St. 1913 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 70, Item 1 |
 OpeningsJohn David Eaton and Lady Eaton at opening of Eaton’s College Street store Yonge St and College St 1930 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 1941 |  CelebrationsArmistice Day, Bay St. and King St. 1918 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 891D |
 Messengers IIKing St. West 1912 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 135F |  MessengersKing and Bay Street Banks 1912 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 133 |
 Queen’s Park KidsChildren at Preaching Stone in Queen’s Park 1911 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 635 A |  Children of the Ward III“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, Old City Hall 1911 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8029 |
 Children of the Ward“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall 1908 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 659 |  Children of the Ward II“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall, Westside Playground 1911 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8028 |
Yonge Street StrollYonge St. north towards Queen Street 1922 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 772 | Bay Street Organ GrinderBay St. north from Richmond St. 1922 – 2014 Toronto Public Library, R 4809 |
Old News on KingYonge St and Yonge St 1927 – 2010 Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 4082 | King’s CornerNews Stand – Northwest corner of King St. and Bay St. 1931 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1289 |
Sales at Shopper’sYonge St. and King St. 1913 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 70, Item 1 | OpeningsJohn David Eaton and Lady Eaton at opening of Eaton’s College Street store Yonge St and College St 1930 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 1941 |
CelebrationsArmistice Day, Bay St. and King St. 1918 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 891D | Messengers IIKing St. West 1912 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 135F |
MessengersKing and Bay Street Banks 1912 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 133 | Children of the Ward III“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, Old City Hall 1911 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8029 |
Collage.jpg | Children of the Ward“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall 1908 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 659 |
Children of the Ward II“The Ward”, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall, Westside Playground 1911 – 2014 Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8028 |
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