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Timeline Theme: City Building

New Toronto

Pluggy Satchmo

Wychwood Barn

Workers Housing

Factories

A black-and-white photograph of an abandoned Massey Ferguson factory interior.

Money

A photograph taken in 1911 of Casa Loma, still under construction at the time.

Tkaronto

An early-20th century photograph of the Humber River and its surrounding lands, once the home of various First Nations such as the Anishanaabe.

Tower Neighbourhoods

A survey photograph of the Thorncliffe apartment complex from 1971.

Streetcar Suburbs

A photograph of a street in Toronto's Earlscourt suburb taken in January 1914.

Arrival Cities

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