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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.
11/21/1974
A plaque honoring Col. R. S. (Sam) McLaughlin, who turned his father's carriage business into multi-billion-dollar General Motors, was unveiled by Lie(...)
A plaque honoring Col. R. S. (Sam) McLaughlin, who turned his father's carriage business into multi-billion-dollar General Motors, was unveiled by Lie(...)
10/31/1975
R. S. McLaughlin Honored. Dr. George Tatham, master of McLaughlin College at York University, talks with Co. R. S. McLaughlin, whom the college is nam(...)
R. S. McLaughlin Honored. Dr. George Tatham, master of McLaughlin College at York University, talks with Co. R. S. McLaughlin, whom the college is nam(...)
10/30/1968
Illustrated catalogue of children's carriages : manufactured by American Rattan Co.
Illustrated catalogue of children's carriages : manufactured by American Rattan Co.
1891
New president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association is Paddy Shanahan, a Scarborough Ford dealer with a family background in autos and horseless carriages going back to 1850
New president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association is Paddy Shanahan, a Scarborough Ford dealer with a family background in autos and horseless carriages going back to 1850
4/15/1969
Mennonites mark a simple Christmas, Mennonite children sit bundled in the back of a carriage as they prepare for a winter journey to attend a Sunday s(...)
Mennonites mark a simple Christmas, Mennonite children sit bundled in the back of a carriage as they prepare for a winter journey to attend a Sunday s(...)
12/20/1986
Retrospective. The 36 works of art by Gordon Rayner, on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until mid-February, look back over the artist's caree(...)
Retrospective. The 36 works of art by Gordon Rayner, on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until mid-February, look back over the artist's caree(...)
1/9/1979
Receipt of customer John Lauder Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
To William Dixon, carriage manufacturer, carriages, buggies and sleighs of every description kept on hand or made to order
1872
Receipt of customer John Lauder Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
To William Dixon, carriage manufacturer, carriages, buggies and sleighs of every description kept on hand or made to order
1873
Fire (1904), Bay St., east side, between Wellington & Melinda Streets, showing shop of H. F. Sharpe & Co., photographic goods
Fire (1904), Bay St., east side, between Wellington & Melinda Streets, showing shop of H. F. Sharpe & Co., photographic goods
1904
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
3/7/1942
Rydall, John blacksmith & carriage builder, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Croft St
Rydall, John blacksmith & carriage builder, Bloor Street West, southwest corner Croft St
1915 circa