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Posts Filed Under: Newspapers

Vintage Toronto Ads: Hobnobbing with Authors

A revamp of the Telegram's book page in 1971 didn't please everyone.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Telegram, May 24, 1971.
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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 War Is Over

As a Mail and Empire headline put it when word spread that the First World War was over, the "city celebrated in orgy of joy."

By Jamie Bradburn

Family reads Armistice Day headlines, November 11, 1918. Pictured left to right: Mrs. J. Fraser, Jos. Fraser Jr., Miss Ethel James, Frank James, and Norman James. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 892.

Toronto’s First Glimpses of Gadhafi

Whether they called him Ghedaffi, Kadafi, or Kazzafi, our newspapers were optimistic when the Libyan dictator's regime began in 1969.

By Jamie Bradburn

Front page, the Globe and Mail, September 2, 1969.
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Historicist: I Sing The Body Hygienic

In his typically over-the-top style, veteran Toronto newspaper columnist McKenzie Porter's provided pointers on when and where to use the bathroom.

By Jamie Bradburn

Illustration by Sasha Plotnikova.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Passing on the Ontario Press Council

By Jamie Bradburn

Vintage Toronto Ads: Jumping Jays

By Jamie Bradburn

Good Grief Charlie Brown!

By Jamie Bradburn

Election Results, 1930s Style

By Jamie Bradburn

The Toronto Standard, “A Sound Conservative Protestant Journal”

By Jamie Bradburn

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Going On The Grid

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: The Conservative Empire

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Ghosts of Christmases Past

By Jamie Bradburn

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The Dawning of the Age of the Ugly Girl (in North Toronto)

By Jamie Bradburn

Historicist: “Sir John is Dead”

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Watermelon and the Boy

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Icy Discrimination

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: A Home University Fit For an Empire

By Jamie Bradburn

Regrettable Roundup

By Jamie Bradburn

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Vintage Toronto Ads: The Telegram Cares About Your Kids

By Jamie Bradburn