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TORONTO, ONTARIO
Photos by Charles Dobie
Baldwin Street, Toronto, 1970
These photos were taken in 1970 and are on the same roll of film as the
McCall Street housing co-op photos shown on this website. Photos 1 to 4 relate to
John Phillips and Laura Jones
and photos 5 to 14 are of a street festival, exact date unknown, but they are also on one of the McCall Street co-op rolls.
Photo 1: General view of Baldwin Street with John Phillips and his 4x5 camera on a tripod in the distance.
Photo 2: The storefront on the left is The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 3: Kids wait for the photographers to set up the camera. Laura Jones is behind it.
Photo 4: John Phillips takes a photograph. One boy gives the peace sign, another gives the finger.
Photo 5: Kids in front of The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 6: Street festival in front of
The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 7: Street festival in front of
The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 8: Street festival in front of
The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 9: In front of Mandels Creamery Products, two stores down from The Yellow Ford Truck store.
The man leaning on a broom handle just to the left of the ice cream bicycle, is Jimmy Wilson, owner of the Yellow Ford Truck store.
The photos below were added to this page December 27, 2019.
Photo 10: Street festival in front of
The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 11: Unidentified people at the street festival in front of or close to The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 12: Unidentified musicians at the street festival in front of or close to The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 13: Unidentified musicians at the street festival in front of or close to The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photo 14: Street festival in front of
The Yellow Ford Truck store.
Photographs Copyright © 1970- by Charles Dobie.
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