Island Public School, A brief history

Island Public School, A brief history
  • Created by: Eva Beyerle and Emily Coleman, former students
  • On behalf of: Toronto Island Public School
  • Date: 1978
  • Digitized by: Ted English
  • Provenance: From the archives of Ted English. “A Brief History” of the Island Public School: 1888-1978

Lol Solman’s Christmas Box

Lol Solman’s Christmas Box

Lol Solman’s Christmas Box, from the Lakeside Home for Little Children

  • Created by: The Toronto Evening Telegram
  • By-Line: none
  • Date: 1909-12-29
  • Provenance: From the archives of Ted English, from an original newspaper
  • Notes: Lol Solman was the husband of Emily Hanlan until her death in 1917

The Last Tent Dwellers on Toronto Islands

The Last Tent Dwellers on Toronto Islands

The Last Tent Dwellers on Toronto Islands

  • By-Line: Kathleen McDonnell
  • Created by: the “Torontoist” website
  • Date: 2017-08-22
  • Provenance: Assembled by Ted English
  • Notes: Chris Gay, Fifth St., Ward’s Island

Historicist: The People’s Champion

Historicist:  The People’s Champion

Historicist: The People’s Champion

The impressive, inspiring, and possibly unsportsmanlike athletic exploits of Ned Hanlan.

  • By-Line: Kevin Plummer
  • Created by: https://torontoist.com/
  • Date: 2013-09-07
  • Provenance: digitized & reformatted by Ted English
  • Notes:

Lifetime In Lighthouse

Lifetime In Lighthouse

Lifetime In Lighthouse

  • Created by: The Globe Newspaper
  • By-Line: none
  • Date: 1905-09-19
  • Provenance: Assembled by Ted English, via Toronto Public Library
  • Notes: George Durnan presented with the Imperial Service Medal for long and faithful service to Canada


and, in context, here is the same article:

Chuck Singer: RCAF base on Lough Erne

Chuck Singer: RCAF base on Lough Erne

Chuck Singer: Back at his wartime base on Lough Erne

  • Created by: Patrice Dougan, Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland)
  • Date: Sept 3, 2011
  • Provenance: Scanned & assembled by Ted English from an original copy
  • Notes: Chuck Singer, an Islander, operated Penguin Cleaners at 19 Manitou Road, The Main Drag, from the late 1940’s until the mid-50’s when he moved to Florida.

 

John R Durnan – Obituary

John R Durnan – Obituary

John R. Durnan – Obituary

  • Created by:
    Newspaper not identified – From a fragment of the original newspaper article
  • Date: 1942-10-01
  • Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
  • Notes: Obituary


Kathleen Walker – Obituary

Kathleen Walker – Obituary

Document: Toronto Star Obituary. Text and font size enhanced
Document date: April 6, 2013
Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English

Obituary of Kathleen Walker

Further remembrances available in this issue of the QCYC Clipper, May 2013,  p.28:

Click to access 2013%20May%20Clipper%20web.pdf

Legendary rower comes home to Hanlan’s Point

Legendary rower comes home to Hanlan’s Point

Legendary rower comes home to Hanlan’s Point

Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Newspaper article- Toronto Star; from an original copy of the newspaper
By-line: James Christie
Date of document: 06-12-2004

Legendary rower comes home to Hanlan’s Point.pdf

Tree cutting riles residents of the Island

Tree cutting riles residents of the Island

Posting: Tree cutting riles residents of the IslandProvenance: From the collection of Ted English
Document: Toronto Globe and Mail,from an original copy of
the newspaper
Date of document: 11-21-2000
By-line: Wallace Immen
Photographs by: John Morstad, Globe and Mail

Tree cutting riles residents.pdf

Islands In The Snow

Islands In The Snow

Islands In The Snow

Provenance: From the collection of Ted English
Digitized by: Ted English
Document: Toronto Globe and Mail; from an original copy of the publication
By-line: Sally Gibson, author and historian
Date of document: 01-10-1985

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