When digging in my backyard (My house is located in the Beach and was built in 1919), we found many old bottles buried undergrown. I assume most of the bottles came from around the time my house was built. We are keeping them all for now.
One of the bottles is a dairy glass pint that has the following inscription engraved in it: Beach Dairy, 19 Herbert Ave. William Muir.
I could not find anything on Google or anywhere else on Internet.
19 Herbert Avenue is currently the address of a house.
Anyone knows anything about that Dairy?
Thanks

My name is James Harris and I am new to this forum. I am looking for some general support regarding my attempt to get my ancestral family home at 450 Pape Avenue (formerly known as William Harris House/Cranfield House) nominated/designated/listed as a Heritage home by the City of Toronto. With the support of local residents and my extended family we have taken the first steps and the nomination form is about halfway done.

I was wondering if someone could help me with understanding the politics involved with the removal of the Queen's Wharf from 600 Fleet Street. I would just like to know how policy let the developer remove it without following provisions in the 2003 Archaeological Master Plan of the Central Waterfront City of Toronto.
Just wondering how it was moved to the Michigan landfill and sold to salvaged wood designers.
Does Toronto not have a fund for its preservation of history?
Any insights you could give me would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Anne

What were the plants in the front gardens of the Paul Kane House in 2008?

Does anyone recall the sinking of Captain John's Restaurant? If I recall correctly, it was rammed by a Toronto Island ferry and sank in the harbour. Does anyone have a link to this story, or more hard facts about it? Please email me directly at Norm@alumni.concordia.ca

Hello,
We are researching the Toronto business, of our ancestor, Dennis Nealon O'Connor, Hatter and Furrier, 1839-1891. The store was located at 160 Yonge Street, at the corner of Yonge and Richmond, where the Bay store is presently located. We have found a picture of the store, from The Ontario Archives, when it was operated as "R.Reilly Hats", in the late 1800's. We have found a reference to the business in a "lookback" article, published in Toronto, in 1925. In this article,O'Connor's sign is described as a well known Toronto landmark, a big black bear, upright against a pole, welcoming people to the business. Does anyone have any further information regarding this corner, or perhaps a reference to this unique business sign?
Many Thanks

Can anyone please provide more information on J.W.L. Forster? The only information I can find is the following:
Born in Norval, this internationally renowned artist attended Brampton Grammar School before apprenticing to Toronto painter John W. Bridgman, with whom he later formed a partnership. After studying in Paris, France from 1879 to 1883, he returned to Toronto, becoming a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and of the Royal Canadian Academy. Throughout his career, J.W.L. Forster painted over 500 portraits and historical tableaux of leading citizens and political, religious, business and historical figures from Canada and elsewhere, including Graham Bell, John Graves Simcoe, Isaac Brock, and Prime Ministers Laurier, Macdonald and King. Upon his death, Forster bequeathed his collection and funds to establish his lifelong dream, a portrait gallery of historic and eminent Canadians. He is represented in the federal and Ontario parliamentary collections and numerous other public collections. His writings include 2 volumes of autobiography and a survey of early Ontario artists. He is buried here in Brampton Cemetery.

Research concerning Jacques and Hay furniture.
In addition, to being the largest Victorian furniture manufacturer in Canada--some historians, say North America--Jacques and Hay also created the wood interiors for St. James Cathedral, University College, and the core of Osgoode Hall. Their six-acre factory factory was located where Union Station is now.
As I am in the process of preparing a PhD thesis on the consumption of mechanically-produced furniture in the Canadian nineteenth-century, with a strong focus on Jacques and Hay,I would be most grateful if individuals, having why they suspect are articles of Jacques and Hay, might be in touch. I should caution that as the cabinetry was almost never signed, and as Jacques and Hay trained so many apprentices who went on to produce similar furniture, precise identification is usually impossible.

Just curious as I'm still deciding what sites to visit.