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Posts Filed Under: 1890s

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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Dapper Debt Collector

But what if stylish uniforms and gentle persuasion failed to move economic delinquents?

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: The Toronto City Directory for 1890 (Toronto: R.L. Polk & Co., 1890).
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“There Are Opium Dens in Toronto”

Inspired by Giorgio Mammoliti's claims about present-day opium dens, we look back at a newspaper exposé from the "Naughty Nineties."

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Empire, June 30, 1892.
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Historicist: The Conservative Empire

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: The Startling Young Sampson

By Jamie Bradburn

Historicist: “Sir John is Dead”

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: A Home University Fit For an Empire

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: An Illustrated Business Quartet

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Victorian Streetcar Annoyances

By Jamie Bradburn