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The Sunday porch: Muskoka Lakes

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 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).

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Ottawa, Ontario

September 29, 2017September 26, 2017 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).

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The Sunday porch: summer reading

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 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.

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Hamilton, Ontario

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 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).

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The flower seller, Ontario

March 15, 2017August 24, 2017 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.

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