Miscellaneous Photos

TCR car at Yonge and Queen

William Davies Store 1910

Hanlan's Point Lacrosse Grounds

Hanlan Point Amusement Park

Hanlan's Point Amusement Park offered numerous attractions, such as a carousel, scenic railway, roller coaster, swing-around rides, shooting galleries, assorted games, a tea garden, grandstand, small theatre and a dance pavilion. In addition, rather peculiar (and politically incorrect by today's standards) types of entertainment were also available.

They included J.W. Gorman's diving horses, King and Queen. The horses jumped from a platform that was suspended at forty feet and according to the Star Weekly, they supposedly plunged into the water on their own accord, "without a whip and with the horses own volition."

Another peculiar attraction was a standard tasteless freak show, dubbed as "the great and only museum of living curiosities." I'll leave to your imagination as to what it exhibited. Live entertainment was also diverse and included orchestra band, comic opera, plays, vaudeville, and burlesque. The Maple Leaf Stadium, with a seating capacity of 18,000 was opened in 1910, hosting lacrosse and baseball games.

Lacrosse in 1910

Christie Pits or Riverdale Park

Pro hockey outdoors, 1912

Boxing match, 1915