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Back in 1904, the McLaughlin Carriage Co
Back in 1904, the McLaughlin Carriage Co

Back in 1904, the McLaughlin Carriage Co

Date6/12/1954
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back in 1904; the McLaughlin Carriage Co. used hand tools to turn out cars at the rate of one a week. Now they roll off the line at rate of 55 an hour.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107264F
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
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Fire (1904), Bay St., east side, between Wellington & Melinda Streets, showing shop of H. F. Sharpe & Co., photographic goods
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An act to license and regulate the duties and charges on coaches, carriages, cabs, carts, and other vehicles kept for hire in the city of Toronto : <passed June 5th, 1843>
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