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CN Property In Downton Toronto, 1951

Black and white vintage aerial photograph. The centre of the photograph shows many railway tracks. The right bottom corner shows a baseball stadium. The left side of the photograph shows many buildings.

Source: CN Images of Canada Collection, X-35872. Ingenium Digital Archives

Date: 1951

With the popularity of cars in the 1950s and 1960s, the prominence of railways declined. This photograph shows how Toronto’s landscape changed with the railways and later, the automobile.