Historicist: Ringing in the Centennial Year
How Toronto said goodbye to 1966, hello to 1967.
Posts Filed Under: 1960s 
Historicist: Toronto Metros-Croatia, 1976 Soccer Bowl Champions
Shaping Toronto: Centennial Projects
The local legacies of Canada's 100th birthday in 1967.
Historicist: A Finger Lickin’ Good Mississauga Colonel
During the 1960s and 1970s, Colonel Sanders resided in suburban Toronto.
Historicist: Toronto’s First Mosques
Two west end sites provided Muslims with their first ongoing public worship spaces during the 1960s.
Vintage Toronto Ads: Opening City Hall, 1965
How advertisers marked the debut of our civic landmark 50 years ago.
Opening New City Hall
50 years ago, Toronto welcomed its latest civic landmark.
Vintage Toronto Ads: Eaton’s ’68
The department store embraces "New Era of Elegance" and the face of Swinging London.
Historicist: Come Out to Caribana ’67
What began as a centennial year project grew into an annual summer tradition.
Bidding for the Summer Olympics
Reviewing Toronto's five previous attempts to display the Olympic rings.
Historicist: “Sip ‘n Sex”–Paul Godfrey’s Origin Story
Paul Godfrey battles the menace of rowdy teens at drive-in restaurants in mid-1960s suburbia.
Vintage Toronto Ads: Wexford Restaurant
Cracking eggs and squeezing oranges for nearly 60 years in Scarborough.
Vintage Toronto Ads: “The Romance of Mexican Food”
Revisiting Toronto's original taco craze, when jalapenos were a delicacy.
Leonard Nimoy Pitches a Galaxii to 1969 Toronto
As Star Trek came to an end in 1969, the actor promoted a futuristic CNE attraction.
Vintage Toronto Ads: The Electric Circus
The groovy club whose name later inspired the 1990s dance show.
Vintage Toronto Ads: Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen
Using old South stereotypes to sell a 1960s family dining chain.
Vintage Toronto Ads: Have a Honky-Tonkin’ Happy New Year
Back in the 1960s, people would ring in the new year with old-timey pianists.
Vintage Toronto Ads: The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art
In the 1960s, the horror icon promoted Canadian artists by selling their work through Sears.
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