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Posts Filed Under: Historicist

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Historicist: Throwing Intellectual Bombs

Rabble-rousing feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman died in Toronto in 1940.

By Kevin Plummer

Mugshot of Emma Goldman, 1911, {a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004000751/"}Library of Congress{/a} (LC-B2- 127-11).
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Historicist: Happy 50th Birthday, North York!

Celebrating a suburban golden jubilee back in '72.

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Stone Free

That time Jimi Hendrix mistook heroin for Bromo Seltzer and got arrested in Toronto.

By Kevin Plummer

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Historicist: How (Not) to Marry a Millionaire

That time Toronto police shut down professional matchmaker Nelle Brooke Stull.

By David Wencer • Illustration by Jeremy Kai

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Historicist: The Grand Tour

Frederick Gardiner and Tracy leMay show off the possibilities and problems of their newly created realm: Metro Toronto.

By Kevin Plummer

Etobicoke Clerk's Dept. photo of officials touring a residential development, likely Don Mills, 1950s, from the City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 213, Series 1464, File 7, Item 3.
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Historicist: In the Dark

How Toronto survived, and even enjoyed, the Northeast Blackout of 1965.

By Jamie Bradburn

Children enjoying a skate at Nathan Phillips Square during the 1965 blackout, with light provided by city parks trucks. Illustration by Jeremy Kai/Torontoist.
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Historicist: Playing the Field

The double life of Arthur Irwin, baseball star and polygamist.

By Kevin Plummer

Arthur Irwin (left) and Tommy McCarthy of the Philadelphia Quakers from {a href="digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?56787"}New York Public Library{/a}.
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Historicist: The Assassination of George Brown

Being in the wrong place at the wrong time proved fatal for the founder of the Globe.

By Jamie Bradburn

Illustration by Henri Julien, the Canadian Illustrated News, April 10, 1880.
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Historicist: The Symphony Six

Finding Communist "Reds" in the woodwinds and strings.

By Kevin Plummer

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 1931-1932, from the City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 329, Series 1569, File 8.

Historicist: The World of William Findlay Maclean

Every morning for over 40 years, a maverick thinker and politician presented his views to Toronto and the nation.

By Jamie Bradburn

John Ross Robertson, unidentified man, and William Findlay Maclean, between 1916 and 1918. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 657.
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Historicist: “Room At The Top”

An Oshawa native scores the men's world figure skating championship by landing the sport's first triple lutz.

By Kevin Plummer

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Historicist: Dora Hood’s Book Room

Toronto's pioneering female bookseller supplied collectors and libraries with Canadian treasures.

By Jamie Bradburn

Dora Hood and her daughter Glen. The Side Door (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1958).
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Historicist: Yorkdale Mall and the Aesthetics of Commerce

Beloved by shoppers and blasted by critics, Yorkdale opened 48 years ago this week.

By Kevin Plummer

Yorkdale Shopping Centre, ca. 1965, from the City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 217, Series 249, File 197.
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Historicist: Test Drive a Metropass

After years of study by the TTC, Torontonians were finally able to purchase a transit pass in 1980, even if it cost more than Montreal's.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, April 6, 1980.

Historicist: Empire State of Mind

Struggling writers from the University Of Toronto to the Big Apple.

By Kevin Plummer

Photo of Fifth Avenue on Sunday, New York City, 1898, from the {a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?801628"}NYPL Digital Gallery{/a}.
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Historicist: Post-ing About Toronto

A 1952 profile of our city in one of America's most popular magazines reveals we liked money. A lot.

By Jamie Bradburn

Cover of March 22, 1952 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Illustrated by Amos Sewell.
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Historicist: Nights Out At The Naaz Theatre

From a village in Punjab to the first dedicated Bollywood theatre in North America.

By Kevin Plummer

The Naaz Theatre, 1430 Gerrard Street East, 1981, from the Toronto Public Library.
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Historicist: The Dennison School of Speech Correction

How a future mayor overcame a stammering problem and helped others with speech issues.

By Jamie Bradburn

Left to right: James C. McRuer, William Dennison (seated), and Mayor Nathan Phillips, swearing in William Dennison as city controller in 1959. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 1276.
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Historicist: The Cree & Ojibway Indian Hockey Tour

In 1928, two teams of aboriginal hockey players embarked on a barnstorming tour through Ontario and the northeastern United States.

By Kevin Plummer

Cree and Ojibway hockey teams, 11 January 1928, from City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series 71, Item 5619.
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Historicist: Maclean’s Super-Amazing Captain Toronto Section

Was "Canada's National Magazine" hoping the rest of the country would hate Toronto more or was there love hidden under the sensational headlines?

By Jamie Bradburn

Cover, Maclean's, April 1972.