Looking south from the balcony of the Administration Building at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.
The archive photo shows a boy listening to a transistor radio during the Canadian National Exhibition, with both photos showing the Princess Margaret Fountain and the Better Living Centre in the background. The pocket transistor radio came out in 1954.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register
- Heritage Toronto
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photos: CNE Heritage
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
