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Toronto Bay, circa 1930s
Artist: Owen Staples (1866-1949)
Medium: Watercolour

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March 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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100 years ago today: CNR freight train at the Don River, Toronto - Dec. 24, 1925

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December 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Elizabeth Street, Toronto, circa 1930s

Artist: Peter Clapham Sheppard (1879–1965)
Medium: Oil painting

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March 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Postcard view of Yonge and Dundas in the 1950s.

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January 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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299 Queen Street West, Toronto, as it appeared in 1919.

📸: City of Toronto Archives

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September 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Tobogganing, Toronto, Ontario, 1869

Artist: William Armstrong, 1822-1914
Medium: Pastels
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

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February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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"Winter Silence" (Backyards Downtown) 1970

Artist: R.T. (Tom) Homewood
Medium: Oil
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#1970s #oilpainting #torontoartist #art #artist #winter #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Carlton Street, Toronto, 1963

Artist: Albert Franck (1899-1973)
Medium: Oil on masonite
Private collection

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December 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Elm Street, Toronto, 1959

Artist: Albert Franck (1899-1973)
Medium: Oil on masonite

#1950s #torontoart #art #artist #winter #oilpainting #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Next week! 🇨🇦 🎶 📺

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September 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Made in Canada Week at Eaton's of Toronto, advertised 99 years ago today - Feb. 6, 1926

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February 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Removing snow on Queen St. E., Toronto, on this day 102 years ago - Dec. 28, 1922

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December 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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Balsam Avenue, Toronto, 1905

Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837-1913)
Medium: Watercolour
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

#1980s #watercolor #watercolour #painting #landscape #torontoart #art #artist #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
March 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Toronto Island, Summer, circa 1950

Artist: Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867-1952)
Medium: Oil painting
Private collection

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January 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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Toronto skyline at night from Broadview Avenue at Riverdale Park, 45 years ago today - Feb 28, 1980.

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February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Toronto from the bay, 1904

Artist: Owen Staples (1866-1949)
Medium: Watercolour

#1900s #painting #landscape #torontoart #art #artist #watercolor #watercolour #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
March 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Snow cover in the Lawrence Park district, circa 1920.

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January 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Toronto night skyline from Bleecker Street, 1980.

Avard Woolaver Photography
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 620; Avard Woolaver fonds

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March 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Thanks to all the wonderful people who attended our "Much Memories of 299 Queen St. W." tour yesterday!!!

You're the bee's knees! 🐝 💖

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September 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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The CNE Midway, 100 years ago today - Sept 6, 1926.

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September 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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King Street East, east of Jarvis Street, Toronto, 1979

Artist: Vernon Mould
Medium: Oils
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library

Notes: Looking north from SE corner Jarvis & King Sts.

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January 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Today, it was wonderful to see the work of my friend Brandon Steen among an impressive mix of new and historical art depicting Toronto at the opening of “Toronto: An Evolving Landscape”, a new exhibition at Roberts Gallery.

#art #torontoartcollectors #torontohistory #robertsgallery #jeremyhopkin
September 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Toronto skyline from the island, Sept. 1966. - Ellis Wiley photo.

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November 14, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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“Opposite My Studio, Bedford Park” - circa 1926

Artist: Arthur Lismer (1885-1969)
Medium: Oils

During the 1920s this English born-Canadian resided and painted in his home studio at 69 Bedford Park Ave. in Toronto.

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September 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Houses on Gerrard Street, Toronto, circa 1918

Artist: Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970)
Medium: Oil painting, on board

#lawrenharris #winter #snow #1910s #oilpainting #torontoart #art #artist #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM