November 30, 2006
Withrow Park
The other half of my errand at the city archives the other week was to order more prints of historic photos of the area around our house.
So far, I haven't been able to find a photo with the house actually in it, though one has a fuzzy image of the house on the corner, next door but one.
Here they are:
Withrow Park — bob sled run
January 17, 1914
This toboggan run doesn't exist any more – the rink was built into the hill at the north end. It must have been perfect: a steep coast to build momentum, then a long flat slide. Much less challenging than the terrifying one in Broadview Park.
Withrow Park — Ice Hockey
February 10, 1923
This is the hardest to place. I think it's where the soccer field now is, more or less, looking southeast.
Withrow Park — skating
February 10, 1923
This is my favourite of the set. The photographer seems to be standing right at the corner of Carlaw and McConnell, looking southwest. There's more detail in the print than there is in this scanned image: the girl who has just fallen is saying something indignant to the photographer, and the girl standing just to the left is grinning broadly.
