Thursday, April 28, 2016

John Boyd Sr. Collection

The collection consists of about 1750 photographs taken by John Boyd Sr., and four scrapbooks of his published work. The photographs in this series were taken between 1887 and 1941, and essentially fall into two groupings: (1) About 1000 13 x 18 cm prints, mostly of Toronto scenes, taken between 1887 and 1941; (2) Two dismantled albums containing about 60 7 x 10 cm prints taken in the 1890s of miscellaneous subjects, including Toronto and Muskoka.

Auto traffic constable - City Hall, September 7, 1918
  
 Automobiling - changing tires, York Mills, April 14, 1918
  
Automobiling - generator troubles, October 15, 1910
  
Automobiling - through orchard, September 27, 1914
   
Automobiling in High Park, June 1, 1918
  
Autos - motorcycle hill climbing Bloor Street, April 27, 1919
 

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