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everything is relative …

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. …When this charming postcard of the GTR station in Allandale was sold, Grand Trunk trains delivered passengers to/from Toronto; This end of Kempenfeldt bay was clean, sail boats floated along on a summer’s breeze and people ate a hearty … Continue reading →

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down the line

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One specialty by photographers is photographing trains, lines and train stations. In our January 2016 meeting speaker Ralph Beaumont and his ‘sidekick’ Rod Clarke presented the story of  “Heckman’s Canadian Pacific“. For many decades trains were the prestigious way … Continue reading →

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a baleful eye on historic events

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Not long after its invention, photography and photographers recorded exotic landscapes, famous people, disasters, wrecks, wars, etc.  Before the evolution of such photographs, we relied on wood cuts, steel cuts, and the written word to describe events near and … Continue reading →

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