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Vintage Toronto Ads: It Started With Noodles

As Joanne Kates winds down her run as Globe and Mail food critic, a look at her first review for the paper.

Source: Saturday Night, September 1977.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Take a Gamble on Charles Stoneham

Corrupt politicians, shady stocks, and professional baseball did—why not you?

Source: the Mail and Empire, April 26, 1920.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: A Romantic Meal from Parkdale Wines

A pleasurable meal for the people from a brewery-owned suburban winery.

Source: Time, October 26, 1970.

Vintage Toronto Ads: York County Is a Good Place To Live

And made even better when you dial CJRH 1300 on your radio.

Source: the Telegram, April 29, 1958.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Tiny Bennett Wants You to Unpollute

But what the outdoor columnist wanted was an exit from the Telegram.

Source: the Telegram, April 24, 1971.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Happy Life Insurance Day!

Did you remember to celebrate the thriftiness of others?

Source: the Globe, January 22, 1930.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: April Showers Bring Free Trousers

Two springtime approaches to foisting free pants on the public.

Source: the News, April 19, 1912.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Tracking the Maple Leafs, 1970s Style

How a comic book ad accurately predicted where the Maple Leafs would finish their 1976/77 campaign.

Source: Green Lantern/Green Arrow #93, February-March 1977.
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Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Billboard Tax

In a 3–0 decision, judges find that the City of Toronto was within its authority to create the tax, and extend the City's scope of application.

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Good News from Jim Curran

As CBC Radio's traffic reporter signs off after four decades on the air, we look back at the beginning of his broadcasting career.

Source: the Toronto Star, June 1, 1970.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Case of the Disappearing Bachelors

When 555 Sherbourne opened in St. James Town, it offered all the conveniences any 1970s apartment dweller could want.

Source: the Toronto Star, September 17, 1977.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Dr. Blosser’s Discovery

Smoke herbs to alleviate ailments of the nose and throat!

Source: the Sunday Toronto World, February 23, 1913.

Vintage Toronto Ads: He’ll Huff, and He’ll Puff

But the Big Bad Wolf doesn't need to blow this house down.

Source: Maclean's, February 2, 1987.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Top-Rung Advertising

On the wall of public opinion, the Mail sat supreme.

Source: the Mail, March 1, 1892.
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The Toronto Public Library Is Thinking About Getting Into the Ad Business

Why that's a bad idea.

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In Which Astral Media Plays the Goon

Movie posters removed on day of premiere due to extreme puritanism. Why do we hate some ads more than others?

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Danish Delights at the Copenhagen Room

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a meal prepared by a "sandwich virgin."

Source: Best of Toronto 1980.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Gems of Canadiana (and Toronto the Good)

Before the Internet Archive, the Coles Canadiana Collection revived out-of-print historical works.

Source: the Toronto Star, February 2, 1970.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Most Outrageous Mothers of Them All

Frank Zappa's ensemble were a sensation at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1973.

Source: Rolling Stone, March 15, 1973.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Union-Friendly Garments

From the corner of Queen and Yonge, a clothier proudly states their support for organized labour.

Source: Citizen and Country, May 4, 1900.