My backyard is bordered at the end by what was once a munitions factory. It's a beautiful old brick building with lovely ivy growing all over it and although once it was busy with the production of bullets now it sits quiet as a reminder of this City's involvement in the Great War. Canada's last WWI vet, John Babcock, passed in 2010 but the memory of he and so many other brave Canadians since then lives on. Today's blog is a collection of photos from Toronto during WWI.
Advertisement by Timothy Eaton's & Company announcing armistice, The Globe November 11, 1918
Training in High Park, City of Toronto Archives
Yonge Street March 1915, City of Toronto Archives
Parade down University Ave, City of Toronto Archives
Troops leaving from Old Union Station for Montreal to be deployed to Europe, City of Toronto Archives
Women working in a Munitions Factory (formerly car factory and returned to one after the war) at King and Duncan Streets, City of Toronto Archives
Armistice Day Bay and King 1918, City of Toronto Archives
If you're interested in viewing more images from this period make sure to check out the City of Toronto's archives, they have a wonderful collection.