Since there has been so much hot air about lately, why not harness its power to drive a virtual airship into the past: 1929 before the Great Crash that ushered in the Great Depression.
Leaside airdrome, planes lined up September 5, 1929
Shrine Peace Parade, Parade on Boulevard, blimp overhead June 12, 1930
East Toronto August 30, 1929Queen Street East, Woodbine Racetrack, The Beach, and Ashbridge’s Bay with Scarborough in the distance August 30, 1929Queen Street East, Woodbine Racetrack, The Beach, and Ashbridge’s Bay with Scarborough in the distance August 30, 1929Looking eastward over the Western Gap, Toronto Harbour, Toronto Islands and downtown August 30, 1929Maple Leaf Stadium August 30, 1929CNE, Goodyear blimp over lakefront September 4, 1929Ontario Government Building, CNE, seen from blimp 1929Aerial shot, Exhibition August 30, 1929Exhibition August 30, 1929
Sunnyside, August 30, 1929Aerial shots, High Park, Swansea, Bloor West, August 30, 1929 2High Park and Grenadier Pond, from west August 30, 1929West Toronto, Canadian Pacific Railways yards August 30, 1929West Toronto, St. Clair, Davenport, Keele August 30, 1929West Toronto, Union Stock Yards August 30, 1929West Toronto, Union Stock, etc. August 30, 1929Aerial shot, Forest Hill August 30, 1929Hamilton airport, 2 planes and blimp on ground June 6, 1929Up, up and away!
Welcome to the Leslieville Historical Society's website. Please feel free to join us, to ask questions, to attend walking tours and other events, and to celebrate Leslieville's past while creating our future. Guy Anderson, President, Leslieville Historical Society and Joanne Doucette, local historian and webmaster.
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