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Adams (Gum?) – Dundas – Toronto, ON

Apr 30th, 2014
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The Adams Chewing Gum logo was in capital letters and this is script. Not sure if this was an ad for the gum, although there is an Adams-Canada connection:

1899 – American Chicle Company is formed by the amalgamation of the Adams & Sons Company, of Brooklyn; the Beeman Chemical Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; S. T. Britten & Co., of Toronto, Canada; W. J. White & Sons, of Cleveland, Ohio; J. P. Primley of Chicago, Illinois; and the Kisme Gum Company, of Louisville, Kentucky. The corporation is formed under the laws of New Jersey, June 3, 1899. Thecompany controls 85 percent of the chewing gum business in the United States. – Mondeléz International

Obscured Coca-Cola Ad – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Feb 4th, 2012
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Circa 1970s © Frank H. Jump

Woods Canada Limited – Toronto, CA

Jan 31st, 2012
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Woods Canada Limited was founded in 1885 and has been a well-known Canadian manufacturer of outdoor clothing and equipment. Woods was most famous for their good quality sleeping bags which they made in Toronto until 2005. According to Prof. W. Tim G. Richardson, a full-time Professor at Seneca College, and concurrently teaching at the University of Toronto, on an academic website discussing the effects of globalization on North American industries, Richardson speaks about how Canadian Tire’s overseas sourcing led to a Canadian icon losing business Ricardson states:

As explained by the president of Woods, David G. Earthy, a significant part of Woods business was supplying Canadian Tire – in fact the two companies had a supplier – retailer relationship more than 80 years. Earthy explained Woods had to shut down operations following “…a decision by the Company’s largest customer, Canadian Tire, to discontinue purchasing domestically manufactured sleeping bags.” It has been suggested by others in the industry that Canadian Tire (facing competition from Wal-mart and other big vendors of camping equipment) had to further cut costs and was simply geting cheaper sleeping bags from suppliers in China. – Witiger dot com

 

Free TV Tube Testing – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Jan 30th, 2012
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Campbell’s Monarch Flour – Pool & Billards Parlor – Queen Street E – Leslieville – Toronto, CA

Jan 28th, 2012
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Pool & Billiards Parlor - Up Stairs © Frank H. Jump

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The Coleman Lamp & Stove Company Limited – Queen Street East – Toronto, CA

Jan 26th, 2012
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  • In 1900, W.C. Coleman establishes a lighting service in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, known as the Hydro-Carbon Light Company. Having purchased a large amount of inventory, Mr. Coleman finds he is unable to sell the product (due to a poor product sold in the area prior to his arrival), so instead he sells a light service. Customers love the idea and Mr. Coleman is soon servicing areas as far West as San Diego.
  • 1912  – W.C. Coleman continues to enjoy success with his lamps and changes the company name to the Coleman Lamp Company.
  • Coleman opens up a plant in Toronto, Canada. Sheldon Coleman, the founder’s son, enters the family business, joining the Toronto plant in 1925. – Coleman Timeline – Coleman Company Website

Motorama – Danforth Avenue – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Jan 24th, 2012
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Great Bear – Wheel Alignment – Frame Straightening – Precision Work – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Jan 22nd, 2012
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Danforth Avenue - Toronto, Canada © Frank H. Jump

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Service Station No. 6 – White Rose Motor Gasoline – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Jan 21st, 2012
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750 Broadview Avenue – Greektown – Toronto © Frank H. Jump

In the early days of the Canadian Oil Refining Company (1901-1904) and the Canadian Oil Company (1904 -1908), gasoline was an almost useless by-product of the petroleum refining process. So much so that gasoline was only casually mentioned in their early advertising. It wasn’t even given a ‘brand’ name. However , by the time The National Refining Company (Ohio) purchased controlling interest in the company (Dec. 1908) , the automobile craze was about to boom. The new Model T Ford, introduced October 1 , 1908 at $1150 (Cdn.), would fall to a low of $395 (1925) and be within the reach of much of the population . Gasoline would no longer be that useless by-product.Canadian Oil Companies Ltd. now had Nationals, “White Rose Gasoline” brand name , the market and the product . How could they go wrong? – J. Williams – White Rose Motor Gasoline

White Rose Motor Gasoline – Vintage Signs – J Williams

Featured Fade – Campbell & Hillier – Plumbing, Steamfitting & Tinsmiths – Calgary AB, Canada – Kevin Millar

Mar 30th, 2011
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Agents for Pease Economy Furnaces © Kevin Millar

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Wikipedia

The Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada Archives

By 1884, J. F. Pease Furnace Company, manufacturers of the “celebrated Economy Furnace,” were located at the junction of Willow Street and the Oswego Canal. They specialized in “Economy steam and Hot Air Combination Furnace and Economy Hot Air Furnace.” D. M. Kennedy was president of the firm, J. F. Pease was vice-president and E. Kirby West was secretary and treasurer. – Industry in Syracuse – Wikipedia

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