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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Look, Ma! No Steering Wheel!" | |
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| Winton Runabout, Toronto, circa 1904 | |
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| Cadillac Truck, Toronto, circa 1906 | |
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| Breakdown Near Sarnia, circa 1908 | |
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| Engineless Car, Leamington, circa 1908 | |
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| Born to Sell Newspapers, circa 1909 | |
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| Fred Foster's 1908 McLaughlin | |
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| "Why Not Own an Automobile?" 1909 | |
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| Instant Grandstand, Weston, 1910 | |
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| More Cars than Horses, Toronto, 1910 | |
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| Two-car Garage, Leamington, 1912 | |
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| Motorcycles and Sidecars, Toronto, circa 1912 | |
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| New Model T Touring, 1912 | |
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| 1912 Model T Touring, Leamington, 1939 | |
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| Russell Torpedo, Toronto, circa 1911 | |
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| Car and Trailer, Leamington, 1913 | |
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| Cadillac with Horses and Chickens | |
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| Before Traffic Lights, circa 1914 | |
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| McLaughlin Touring, Charlottetown, circa 1914 | |
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| Grandfather's Centre-door T, 1926 | |
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| Ian Marr's Rockne Convertible, 1944 | |
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| Toronto Water Works Trucks, 1914 | |
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| Car Loses Wheel, circa 1914 | |
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| Licensed As a Car, 1914 | |
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| On His Majesty's Service, circa 1915 | |
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| Canadians Celebrate Armistice Day, 1918 | |
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| Hauling Telephone Poles, British Columbia, circa 1920 | |
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| Press and Movie Photogs, 1919 | |
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| Going Nowhere Fast, 1920 | |
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| Railway Station, Ayton, circa 1920 | |
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| Licensed As a Motorcycle, 1922 | |
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| "Buy Your Tires Here!" 1921 | |
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| "Slow Down and Live" 1922 | |
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| "Toronto Welcomes You" 1924 | |
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| Repair Garage, Beeton, 1925 | |
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| "Your Money Is Safe in Here" 1925 | |
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| Camping at Point Pelee National Park, 1925 | |
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| 1927 Model T Roadster, Pelee Island, 1927 | |
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| "Where's My Car?" 1926 | |
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| Emancipated Woman Driving Studebaker Roadster, Alberta, circa 1926 | |
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| GM Expands its Line of Cars | |
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| Visitors to Canada, circa 1928 | |
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| Top-down Motoring, 1929 | |
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| Did This Car Get a Parking Ticket? circa 1930 | |
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| After a Snowstorm, 1929 | |
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| Repair Garage, Toronto, circa 1930 | |
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| Model A Fords in Family Album | |
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| Downtown Traffic, Toronto, 1929 | |
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| A New Brunswick Model A | |
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| Car Races Train and Wins, Quebec, circa 1930 | |
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| New Car Dealership, Toronto, 1931 | |
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| Barney Oldfield Comes to Toronto, 1931 | |
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| Remember Tree-lined Streets? | |
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| Model T Coupe, Manitoba, 1932 | |
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| Ivor Pascoe's Model A Ford | |
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| Styling in Search of Sales | |
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| Glen Ubelacker's 1932 Oldsmobile Convertible, Wasaga Beach, circa 1941 | |
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| Author with Glen Ubelacker | |
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| Car Wash, Toronto, 1933 | |
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| Nova Scotia Snowstorm, 1934 | |
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| 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan Delivery | |
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| No Grease Pit Here, Quebec, 1934 | |
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| Goodyear and Hupmobile, 1934 | |
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| Springtime on Bay Street, Toronto, 1935 | |
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| The Innocents Went West | |
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| Downtown Traffic, 1935 | |
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| 1934 Pontiac, 1936 | |
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| A Tale of Two Running Boards | |
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| Harry Weale's 1935 Oldsmobile | |
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| Kent Weale's First Car | |
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| Manitoba Farm, circa 1936 | |
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| Fraser Canyon Road, British Columbia | |
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| On the Road in Quebec, circa 1938 | |
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| Durant Roadster on Fishing Trip, 1937 | |
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| Long Live the King! 1937 | |
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| British Columbia Convertible | |
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| Loaded with Extras | |
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| Side-opening Hood on 1937 Buick | |
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| "Alligator" Hood on 1937 Ford Coupe | |
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| Aunt Constance and Her 1938 Graham | |
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| Ron Morgan's 1938 Graham | |
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| Winter Snow and Slush, 1939 | |
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| Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, 1939 | |
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| Checking Under the Hood | |
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| Plymouth Introduces Power Top for Convertible, 1939 | |
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| War Hero Rides in 1939 Plymouth Convertible | |
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| McLaughlin-Buick Convertible, 1940 | |
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| Bathing Beauty on 1940 Mercury | |
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| Dick Riley's 1940 LaSalle Convertible | |
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| Directing Traffic at Sunnyside, early 1940s | |
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| Young Couple in 1939 Mercury Convertible, Quebec | |
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| Calgary Service Station, circa 1941 | |
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| Bob Chapman's 1931 Chrysler Roadster, Toronto, 1941 | |
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| Bus Service for War Workers | |
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| Customized 1936 Ford Roadster, 1942 | |
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| Alex Horen's 1932 Ford, Windsor, 1943 | |
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| Alex Horen's 1921 Gray-Dort Touring, circa 1958 | |
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| Hauling Coal in a Rumble Seat, 1945 | |
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| Blonde Pushes Truck Uphill, 1945 | |
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| Free Parking at King and Parliament, 1946 | |
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| Tractor Out to Pasture, 1946 | |
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| Trunk or Rumble Seat? 1946 | |
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| Danforth Used Car Alley, Toronto, 1946 | |
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| Spinning its Tires on Avenue Road Hill, 1947 | |
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| "We've Been Everywhere!" | |
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| Wash This Car! | |
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| Sitting on a 1947 or '48 Buick | |
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| New 1949 Monarch, Leamington | |
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| "Step-down" Hudson, Novar, 1949 | |
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| Saskatchewan Youth Buys First Car | |
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| 1949 Triumph 2000 Roadster, Toronto, 1956 | |
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| Jim Featherstone's 1941 Plymouth | |
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| Janet Reder on 1941 Dodge | |
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| Not the Better Way, 1952 | |
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| Manitoba Adventures with a 1938 Plymouth, 1952 | |
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| 1928 Chevrolet Roadster, Carlisle, 1953 | |
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| 1953 Chevrolet Convertible, Kingsville, 1954 | |
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| Thorncrest Ford-Monarch Dealership, Toronto, 1953 | |
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| Bob Downey's 1956 Meteor Convertible | |
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| Ontario Automobile Dealership, Toronto, 1953 | |
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| 1947 Ford Sportsman, Quebec, 1954 | |
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| 1954 Meteor "Niagara" Convertible | |
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| Canada's Answer to James Dean, circa 1954 | |
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| Norm Lightfoot and Friends | |
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| Three Fellows in a Nash Metropolitan | |
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| 1952 Pontiac Hardtop, 1955 | |
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| 1949 Pontiac in 1956 | |
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| 1949 DeSoto from Alberta | |
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| 1957 DeSoto Convertible, 1958 | |
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| White Rose Gas Station, Blytheswood | |
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| B-A Service Station, Toronto Area, late 1950s | |
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| Bringing Home the Groceries, 1958 | |
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| Hungry for Horsepower, 1959 | |
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| New Brunswick Memories | |
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| Ten-year Drop in Price to 1960 | |
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| 1931 Chrysler for $30 | |
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| Ron Fawcett with Two Model T Fords | |
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| Customized 1960 Meteor Convertible at Autorama, Toronto, 1960 | |
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| Mike McGill and the Etobi-Cams | |
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| Unusual Engine Swap | |
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| Rust in Peace ... | |
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| Photo from Bob Kirk's Family Album | |
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| Calling all Cars | |
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| Special Thanks | |
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| Notes | |