Vintage Toronto
Blog URL http://vintagetoronto.wordpress.com/
Located Toronto, Ontario Canada
Tags postcards, toronto, vintage, collection, historical
A blog dedicated to vintage views of Toronto.
Latest Blog Posts
- Atmospheric University College: Happy Halloween on Oct 31, 2009 in ebay owned university of toronto university college
In addition to Victoria University, University College is one of my favourite structures on campus. I remember getting lost there during my first month as a student at the University of Toronto, in vain trying to find the classroon where tutorial ses...
- Victoria University on Oct 18, 2009 in owned university of toronto victoria university
Victoria University, originally uploaded by asylumbythelake.com. I am not dead yet, although I have been very busy with school, as it is usually (and unfortunately) the case during this time of the year. Here I present a postcard of the Victoria Uni...
- An Article on Postcard Collecting on Aug 1, 2009 in misc
Check out this excellent article on the collecting postcards, which appeared in Financial Post on July 26, 2009.
- Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue on Jul 23, 2009 in streetscape wanted queen street west roncesvalles avenue
Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue, originally uploaded by asylumbythelake.com. This postcard was published by Valentine and Sons in 1900, number 107503. This web site has an old map of the area. The building depicted on the postcard is the fo...
- College Street and Spadina Avenue on Jul 15, 2009 in ebay owned streetscape college street spadina avenue
College Street and Spadina Avenue, originally uploaded by asylumbythelake.com. This is the first postcard I have ever bought. I originally found it on EBay and after eight bids or so, it was mine. This is also the card that inspired me to start my co...
- University College on Apr 21, 2009 in ebay owned streetscape university of toronto university college
University College, originally uploaded by asylumbythelake.com. I haven’t found any references to this gate, but it is long gone. It led from Queen’s Park to University College and it was probably located north of the present Gerstein Sci...
- St. George Street on Apr 13, 2009 in ebay owned bloor street st. george street streetscape
St. George Street, originally uploaded by asylumbythelake.com. This is one of my favourite postcards. It depicts the intersection of Bloor and St. George Streets. It was manufactured in 1906 by Valentine and Sons, number 100502, according to Vintage...
