Lockhart’s 1931 ad on page 122 in the Magnet
Toronto. There was once a camera exchange across from Simpson’s department store in the Temple Building (Toronto’s first skyscraper) on the north-west corner of Bay and Richmond in downtown Toronto. According to the ad in the 1931 Magnet magazine, they had a new store at 29 Adelaide St West.
From the 1960s on, I favoured Toronto Camera Exchange, Henry’s, Downtown Camera, or Queen Street Camera Exchange. These shops were around Church and Queen area, and over on Yonge. I also visited Drake Delta on Yonge around Bloor. Remember when?
My thanks to George Dunbar for the photo of the Temple Building in the TPL archives and Lockhart’s Camera Exchange sign. The 1931 ad in the Magnet is from YUMPU. Hard copies of this issue of ‘the Magnet’ and all other issues are at the Jarvis Archives, Jarvis Collegiate in Toronto.
