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Canadian cities and towns, 1910-1960

Views of cities in the age of neon signs and streetcars; before Modernist megalomania, zoning, parking restrictions, and traffic regulations ruined the centres of our cities and towns, or at least made them more boring.

In no order...

1. Brantford ON, 1926


2. Main Street Winnipeg, 1928


3. Calgary c.1957


4. Quebec City, n.d.


5. St. John's Newfoundland, n.d.


6. Peterborough ON, 1946


7. Barrie ON, c.1945


8. Lombard Ave, Winnipeg c.1945


9. Chicoutimi Quebec, 1925


10. Kenora ON, c.1945


11. Portage and Main, Winnipeg c.1953


12. Bloor and Yonge, Toronto, 1954


13. Mansfield St. Montreal, 1931


14. Montreal harbour, n.d.


15. Hastings St. Vancouver, c.1945


16. Vancouver harbour, c.1930


17. Edmonton, 1940


18. Dauphin MB, 1946


19. Guelph ON, 1950


20. St. Louis St. Quebec City, n.d.


21. Charlottetown, P.E.I., n.d.


22. First Ave, Calgary c.1940


23. St. Catherine St., Montreal c.1950


24. Jasper Ave., Edmonton c.1950


25. Sherridon MB, c.1950


26. Whitby ON, c.1950


27. Gore Park, Hamilton, c.1950


28. Regina, c.1950


29. Sydney Nova Scotia, 1955


30. St. Catherines St., 1955


31. Calgary, undergoing a building boom, c.1925


32. Halifax, 1936


33. Sous-le-Cap St., Quebec City, 1934


34. Ottawa c.1950


35. St. James St., Montreal c.1950


36. Hamilton c.1950


37. Edmonton 1944


38. Regina n.d.


39. Montreal 1946


40. Saskatoon SK, 1921


41. Portage and Main, Winnipeg c.1950


42. North Main St. Winnipeg, 1928


43. North Bay ON, c.1945


44. 21st St. Saskatoon, 1950


45. Quebec City, 1937


46. Hamilton, c.1945


47. Victoria, 1933


48. King St., c.1925


49. Port Arthur ON, c.1945


50. Brockville ON, 1950


51. 10th St., Brandon MB c.1950

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