Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Strangled in winter's grip, Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows f(...)
Strangled in winter's grip, Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows f(...)

Strangled in winter's grip, Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows f(...)

Date12/28/1968
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Strangled in winter's grip; Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows fought to cope the blizzard's effects and get traffic moving again. On Friday and Saturday; a total of 7 inches of snow was dumped on Metro streets; and cot to the city of digging out and carting snow away was estimated at more than $1;000.000.
Subject
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019706F
Trail blazer: Snowplows head down Pearson International Airport's longest runway after last week's early taste of winter
Trail blazer: Snowplows head down Pearson International Airport's longest runway after last week's early taste of winter
11/14/1992
Battling the ice storm that made driving difficult and caused widespread blackouts in metro, four snowplows work their way south yesterday on Highway (...)
Battling the ice storm that made driving difficult and caused widespread blackouts in metro, four snowplows work their way south yesterday on Highway (...)
1/20/1974
Snowplow works around an air Canada viscount surrounded by Deep snow at Toronto International Airport, The weekend snowfall closed the airfield for 16(...)
Snowplow works around an air Canada viscount surrounded by Deep snow at Toronto International Airport, The weekend snowfall closed the airfield for 16(...)
1/24/1966
Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie ...
If looks could kill: A fuming motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie Street at Sheppard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario in yesterday's storm, waiting and hoping that somebody will come to his aid. The storm battered Metro with snow, sleet and howling winds, turning streets into a sea of sludge.
2/12/1985
It was Icy yesterday in Mississauga as four inches of snow, ice-coated power lines and tree branches, and flooded intersections created havoc for ever(...)
It was Icy yesterday in Mississauga as four inches of snow, ice-coated power lines and tree branches, and flooded intersections created havoc for ever(...)
3/2/1972
Winter's knockout blow slams metro to a standstill, A white-shrouded city glazed with ice, its traffic hopelessly snarled and many of its power and te(...)
Winter's knockout blow slams metro to a standstill, A white-shrouded city glazed with ice, its traffic hopelessly snarled and many of its power and te(...)
1/15/1968
Winter's knockout blow slams metro to a standstill, A White-shrouded city glazed with ice, its traffic hopelessly snarled and many of its power and te(...)
Winter's knockout blow slams metro to a standstill, A White-shrouded city glazed with ice, its traffic hopelessly snarled and many of its power and te(...)
1/13/1968
Favorite winter sport for pedestrians in downtown Toronto is to buck the breezes, snow, ice and salt at the corner of Bay and King Sts. This plucky wo(...)
Favorite winter sport for pedestrians in downtown Toronto is to buck the breezes, snow, ice and salt at the corner of Bay and King Sts. This plucky wo(...)
12/28/1976
Trade minister Robert Winters. A word about everything - except leadership plans
Trade minister Robert Winters. A word about everything - except leadership plans
1/10/1968
A bench for all seasons, During the summer Metro parks are pockets of activity, but in winter hardly a soul can be seen-except for hardy types such as(...)
A bench for all seasons, During the summer Metro parks are pockets of activity, but in winter hardly a soul can be seen-except for hardy types such as(...)
12/18/1969
Colorized photograph of a snowy wooded area.
A winter's day, Allan Garden, Toronto, Canada
1911
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
2/1/1938