Tag: Ontario

The Sunday porch: Muskoka Lakes

Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

“Family members gathered on a porch, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario,” ca. 1900, by Frank W. Micklethwaite, via Library and Archives Canada (under CC license).

Ottawa, Ontario

Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

“Mabel Williams with her bicycle at 54 Main Street, residence of James Ballantyne, Ottawa, Ontario,” July 1898, by James Ballatyne, via Library and Archives Canada Commons on flickr (under CC License).

The Sunday porch: summer reading

Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

reading-fonds-1266-item-5873-city-of-toronto-archives“M. Laing reading on porch at Bala, July 29, 1925,” via The Globe and Mail Collections (1266, item 5873), City of Toronto Archives.

‘Bala’ is probably Bala, Ontario, a summer cottage community north of Toronto.

Hamilton, Ontario

Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

Gladiolus in the Children’s Garden, Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario, 1955, via Local History & Archives, Hamilton Public Library (used with permission).

The flower seller, Ontario

Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment


Plant seller at the Hamilton Farmers’ Market, 1946, by J. Morris, via  Local History & Archives Hamilton (Ontario) Public Library Commons on flickr.

There are more photos of the market here.