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Historicist: Boyhood, Summers, and the City

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today.


Children playing in canoe, Sunnyside Beach, 1907. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 222.

As boys traded in their winter breeches for shorts at the end of the school term, the city became an enormous, open-air playground. Freed from ...


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