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China Lily

Lee’s Food Products was located at 1233 Queen Street East in Leslieville from 1947, when they employed 50 people, until 2020. The company sold the building to a developer and has transferred their operation to a facility in Scarborough, taking their sign with them. In...

Grace Street

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A young photographer tenderly poses his sylphlike bride in front of her family’s home in Grace Street. She stands on a spotlit, sweeping curve that leads to a dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark perpendicular shapes. SIZE: 19” X 13.25” MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR FINE...

Me and Mr. Squawcker

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Rempel Manufacturing of Akron Ohio – the rubber Capitol of the world – made a line of latex squeeze toys called “Sunnyslope” from 1946 until 1968. A little girl wears a sombrero and throws a sideways glance as she sits facing her Sunnyslope walking duck,...