Old Town poster shows city as it once was

The Old Town Toronto Promotional Alliance has produced a number of poster replicas of an 1834 map of York, as the city first was called by European settlers. It was hand drawn  and, says OTTPA President Mike Comstock, “The map is like a “find Waldo” drawing full of detail and numerous intriguing historic tidbits.”

It measures 24-inches wide by 32-inches and is reproduced on heavy stock. The artist Ethel Georgens Adelaide Foster and her twin brother Harold came to Canada from England. Ethel came at the age of 49 arriving in Montreal in 1930. Her brother may have been here earlier and had married. She lived at some point in time at 21 Bernard Avenue. She was a parishioner at St. James’ Cathedral. The posters are on sale for $20 at Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide St. E., and at the St. Lawrence Market in the gallery.