Download or read book Toronto of To day with a Glance at the Past written by G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toronto of To day with a Glance at the Past written by Graeme Mercer Adam and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toronto of To day written by Graeme Mercer Adam and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toronto of Today written by Graeme Mercer Adam and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Illustrated Toronto Past and Present written by J. Timperlake and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Unrecognized Contribution written by Elizabeth Gillan Muir and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure trove of incredible lives lived. — RICK MERCER, comedian and author Muir sets out to restore the faces of women who worked and struggled in nineteenth-century Toronto. A fascinating read. — WARREN CLEMENTS, author and publisher Emphasizes the enormously influential role women had in laying the groundwork for life in the city today. — DR. ROSE A. DYSON, author of Mind Abuse: Media Violence and Its Threat to Democracy Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city’s commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickyards, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city’s cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists, they strengthened the city’s safety net for those who were most in need. Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir’s research on early street directories and city histories, personal diaries, and other historical works. Muir references over four hundred women, many of whom are discussed in detail, and describes the work they undertook during a period of great change for Toronto.

Download or read book Toronto of Old written by Henry Scadding and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1987-01-10 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1873, Henry Scadding, former rector of Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, wrote the definitive history of early Toronto. His detailed portrait of the streets, customs and prominent citizens is a goldmine of sights and insights into a Toronto long-since disappeared. Toronto of Old was first reprinted in 1966 and has been out of print since 1973. The later version, edited by Frederick H. Armstrong is shorter than the original, with Scadding's references to outside cities and characters shortened or omitted to give the book a sharper focus on Toronto. This second edition is an updated and corected version of the 1966 edition. The best history of Toronto ever written, "Toronto of Old" by Henry Scadding, has just been edited by Professor F.H. Armstrong of the University of Western Ontario ... Armstrong's editing, with his written reasons for a series of cuts, has made it a tighter and more informative book than the original. - Gordon Sinclair in Let's Be Personal

Download or read book Toronto Local History 3 Book Bundle written by Scott Kennedy and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-03-04 with total page 1996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colourful look at Toronto's pioneer roots, tracing the history of three neighbourhoods from their farming days to modern day. Includes: Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change As recently as 1970, wheat crops were grown at Don Mills — and no small amount, but enough to line Toronto’s grocery-store shelves with baked goods. Single-herd milk was also commonplace, thanks to this last vestige of the city’s agricultural past. By 1980, it had been paved over, but Scott Kennedy offers a glimpse of the way things used to be. 200 Years at St. John's York Mills: The Oldest Parish in Toronto St. John’s Church at York Mills was built in 1816 on land that had been donated by pioneer settlers: a little log building that was the first parish church in the City of Toronto. The brick church that stands there today, completed in 1844 and enlarged over the years, stands as a welcoming place of worship and repository of Canadian history. Willowdale: Yesterday's Farms, Today's Legacy In 1855, Willowdale post office opened in Jacob Cummer's store on Yonge Street. Today it is a bustling urban environment. Scott Kennedy recounts the notable stories of what happened in between and who was there as Willowdale evolved into a modern community.

Download or read book Looking for Old Ontario written by Thomas F. McIlwraith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The slogan on Ontario's licence plates, 'Yours to Discover,' was designed to promote travel opportunities within the province. Every year, thousands of tourists drive along country roads, past farmyards and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spots. In Looking for Old Ontario, Thomas McIlwraith shows that many destinations are closer at hand than one might imagine, and invites travellers to rediscover familiar countryside landmarks by 'reading' them as chapters in a rich historical narrative. Surveyors long ago scored Ontario's land, and generations have since inscribed it with residences, businesses, and institutions. This book, the result of thirty years of field work and archival research, is a reflection on and an interpretation of the ways in which the land and its inhabitants interrelate. Looking for Old Ontario guides readers through the vernacular landscape of the province, examining barns, fences, jails, post offices, inns, mills, canals, railways, roadsides, cemeteries, and much more. McIlwraith emphasizes ordinary features of the cultural landscape which communicate social meaning to the observant eye. The landscape tells us that Ontario has been inhabited by thrifty people; this we can conclude by looking at the economical use and reuse of construction materials. Yet the landscape also tells us that Ontario's residents have been inclined to show off: consider the province's unusually large number of elegant brick dwellings. To read a landscape is to think about such connections, and McIlwraith's contemplative style differentiates his work from manuals or handbooks. Since landscape interpretation is a highly visual subject, Looking for Old Ontario is extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps. It will be useful to general readers interested in recognizing the broader meanings of their communities' heritage, as well as to students of geography, history, and planning.

Download or read book A Shopper s View of Canada s Past written by T. Eaton Co and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Archives Library written by Public Archives of Canada. Library and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toronto s Last Rainbow written by Margaret Blair and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toronto’s Last Rainbow paints a nostalgic portrait of Toronto in a bygone era from the point of view of one central neighbourhood. It catches the spirit of the times just ahead of the feminist era. With poignancy and humour it follows an amazing cast of real and imaginary residents, each with a strong and unique voice, each human and fallible, through their daily lives. This book features serious issues of the time such as the lack of access to safe abortion, and the growing number of divorces. Then, most mothers stayed at home. Parents had the time to organize for their children annual events like the Summerhill Fair with free candy floss and donkey rides in the summer, and Halloween in late fall. However, feminist issues were stirring, family life would be changing; women were looking to work outside the home and showing a growing interest in non-traditional areas of work. Residents then faced issues like bullying, suicide, and a violent crime in the neighbourhood, that resonate today. During 1969, Canada became officially bilingual; the important Morgentaler decision started the nation’s move towards safe abortion. Toronto’s citizens elected a new city government, devoted to a changed concept of development; turning away from building expressways across the city centre. This pivotal year saw the start of a twenty-year era of progress for the (then) City of Toronto.

Download or read book The Last Day the Last Hour written by Robert J. Sharpe and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, The Last Day, the Last Hour reconstructs the events - military and legal - that led to the trial and the trial itself, one of the most sensational courtroom battles in Canadian history, involving many prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s.

Download or read book Illustrated Toronto Past and Present written by J. Timperlake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Toronto, Past and Present: Being an Historical and Descriptive Guide-Book, Comprising Its Architecture, Manufacture, Trade, Its Social, Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Institutions, Its Churches, Schools, and Colleges, and Other Principal Points of Interest The Lithographic Bird's Eye View, to which the following pages form a key, has been nearly three years in preparation, and has entailed an amount of labour that is clearly magnified upon an inspection of this work. This picture of Toronto is five feet by three feet three inches, is printed in three colours, and the mechanical execution of which reflects the highest credit upon Messrs. Copp, Clark St Co a firm whose reputa tion is well known through the entire Dominion for the excellence of their lithographic printing. Mr. Gross, the artist and delineator, sketched and lithographed the city from actual survey, every avenue, street, lane, and alley, having been traversed by him; and every building, either store, private residence, or public building, etc, etc., has been drawn with a faithfulness and a minuteness that excites astonishment and admiration in all beholders. He has so drawn his picture as to present at one glance a bird's-eye view of Toronto and its northern suburbs, as if seen from a south-eastern portion of the island at an elevation of about feet above the level of the lake. This part of the View, with the foreground of the picture, comprises the harbour, wharves, elevators, and principal manufactories of the city, while the background is formed of Rosedale and Yorkville, and the villages of Seaton and Brockton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Federation of Canada 1867 1917 written by George M. Wrong and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Federation of Canada 1867-1917" by George M. Wrong, Sir John Willison, Zebulon Aiton Lash, R. A. Falconer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Illustrated Toronto written by J. Timperlake and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2017-08-20 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Changing Women Changing History written by Diana Pederson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996-10-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Women, Changing History is a bibliographic guide to the scholarship, both English and French, on Canadian's women's history. Organized under broad subject headings, and accompanied by author and subject indices it is accessible and comprehensive.