Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Image shows a cargo ship deck loaded with buses, cars and other goods.
That's mixed cargo. Docked in Toronto, the Federal Schedule unloads her cargo-World War II aircraft for Chicago, double decker buses for Detroit, Germ(...)
Image shows a cargo ship deck loaded with buses, cars and other goods.

That's mixed cargo. Docked in Toronto, the Federal Schedule unloads her cargo-World War II aircraft for Chicago, double decker buses for Detroit, Germ(...)

Date6/9/1974
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: That's mixed cargo. Docked in Toronto; the Federal Schedule unloads her cargo-World War II aircraft for Chicago; double decker buses for Detroit; German tractors and cars for Metro; and liquor and wine from southern Europe. The Dutch ship of 33;148 tons arrived from Amsterdam looking like an aircraft carrier instead of a freighter.
Subject
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112735F
Another shipload of sweetness, Giant scoop unloads a cargo of West Indies sugar at the Redpath Refinery dock of Canada and Dominion Sugar Company on T(...)
Another shipload of sweetness, Giant scoop unloads a cargo of West Indies sugar at the Redpath Refinery dock of Canada and Dominion Sugar Company on T(...)
4/21/1970
Image shows two ships unloading cargo.
Harbor bids for a 1969 record. Two ships, the Israeli freighter Netyana, and the Jadro, from Yugoslavia, unload cargo at Pier 27 on Toronto's waterfro(...)
5/27/1969
Image shows cars entering a huge ship.
Last ship of the season. Cars enter the Alexander Starotsenko; docked at Cherry St. The Russian ship; also carrying machinery and general cargo to St. Petersburg; will be last out of the Great Lakes before the St. Lawrence Seaway shuts for winter.
12/14/1993
Image shows a huge ship on the lake.
Taking a stern view of things. Reflection at Pier 29: General cargo ship Edith Howaldt Russ is reflected in puddles on Pier 29 as it waits to unload a(...)
6/1/1976
Tory leadership candidate George Hees gets exuberant welcome from supporters as he arrives in one of his London double-decker buses at Royal York, whe(...)
Tory leadership candidate George Hees gets exuberant welcome from supporters as he arrives in one of his London double-decker buses at Royal York, whe(...)
9/5/1967
Image shows a bus being loaded on a big ship.
Next stop; Lima. Toronto dock workers load one of 25 buses decommissioned by the Toronto Transit Commission on to a freighter at Pier 51 near Cherry St. and Unwin Ave. yesterday. The buses; taken out of service after 18 years; and two city garbage trucks are bound for Lima; Peru.
4/30/1991
Image shows a huge cargo ship docked.
A sweet cargo for Toronto. Sugar in pouring into Toronto but is isn't getting any cheaper. This impressive looking ship, the Liberian freighter Patric(...)
11/14/1974
Image shows a huge cargo ship docked.
A sweet cargo for Toronto. Sugar in pouring into Toronto but is isn't getting any cheaper. This impressive looking ship, the Liberian freighter Patric(...)
11/14/1974
Image shows a few cargo ships at the Harbour.
Toronto's foreign shipping is a healthy 60 per cent this season. A 24-day Seaway strike turned back cargo-laden ocean freighters like these in 1968
7/15/1969
Image shows dock workers unloading the cargo ship.
Harbor reflects a busy year. As dock workers transfer cargo on Pier 29 along Toronto's waterfront, where the Greek ship Ulysses Castle is moored, the (...)
11/2/1972
Image shows one lady and two gentlemen holding a silk hat.
Topper. That describes both silk hat and Capt. Ernie Taylor; right; of Midland Prince; who received it as skipper of first cargo ship to dock at Toronto this season. Harbormaster Harold Snelgrove presents hat as Arlene Meadows watches.
n.d.
A cargo of Castor Oil, This handsome looking ship docked at the foot of Spadina Ave
A cargo of Castor Oil, This handsome looking ship docked at the foot of Spadina Ave
11/17/1971