Toronto

Horse-drawn carts and piles of rubble line the sides of Adelaide Street. The photo was taken looking east from Victoria Street.

Toronto's Old Post Office was built in the Greek Revival Style in 1852. It was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1958.

Several simple houses line Spadina Ave, just by College.

This view is looking up Toronto Street towards the new post office, which is under construction. You can see the front facade of the old post office at the far left.

Several men stand in front of a large news kiosk set up on the sidewalk of Front Street.

Carts of Terry's Express service with horses harnessed have been placed in front of the company offices for a portrait. The business seemed to specialize in delivering coal and wood that was used for cooking and heating.

The building at right was the warehouse of George Monro.

Several people pose for a photo outside the Atlantic Tea House. Some of the children at the right are having a hard time sitting still for the camera. Brooms and other goods hang on the walls for sale.

The photographer was standing right in front of a horsebus when he took this photo on King Street. The sidewalks are packed full of people.

The elegant Italian Renaissance style customs house, located at the corner of Front and Yonge Street.

Up the street alongside the St. Lawrence Market.

A herd of cows being shepherded into the St. Lawrence Market.

Buildings on Temperance Street have been decorated with bunting to celebrate the return of Canadian troops from the Boer War.

Some rather simple buildings on the intersection of King and Jarvis.

Showing a business block on Queen Street that survives to this day. The business on the corner houses a drug store and the dentist offices of one Dr. E.F. Willard.

A cart crosses the street in front of several buildings that have signs proclaiming they are being publicly auctioned.

A man steadies his horse as a streetcar threatens to engulf them with a mountain of snow.

The home of John Doel, photographed some decades after his death in 1871. He was an important reformer politician in early Ontario history, and was a prominent supporter of William Lyon Mackenzie during the Rebellion of 1837.

The home of John Doel, photographed some decades after his death in 1871. He was an important reformer politician in early Ontario history, and was a prominent supporter of William Lyon Mackenzie during the Rebellion of 1837.

A policeman stands in the centre of the intersection of Bay and Adelaide as a cart rolls by.

Cars, streetcars, and pedestrians on Bay Street at the outset of the Great Depression.