Jamie Bradburn

Jamie Bradburn is a Toronto-based writer/researcher, specializing in the heritage of his city. His work for Torontoist, especially for its “Historicist” column, has earned a National Magazine Award and two Heritage Toronto Awards. He has also contributed to Spacing, The Grid, Toronto Life, Toronto Star, and Tourism Toronto publications.

Articles by Jamie Bradburn

Great Fire of Toronto (1904)
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Great Fire of Toronto (1904)
Indigenous Self-Government
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The Penner Report
Pablum container with removable lid, c. 1930-40.
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Pablum
Cinesphere
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Ontario Place
Woodward and Evans' Canadian patent
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Woodward and Evans Light Bulb
Standing (L-R): J.J. McLaughlin, R. Sam McLaughlin. Seated (L-R): Robert McLaughlin, George W. McLaughlin, date unknown.
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John J. McLaughlin
William Henry Steeves
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William Henry Steeves
Display Terminals
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Toronto Feature: Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto Island Neighbourhood
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Toronto Feature: Toronto Islands
Shoppers Drug Mart
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Shoppers Drug Mart
Joy Oil Station
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Toronto Feature: Casimir Gzowski Park
W.R. Allen Park
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Toronto Feature: Spadina Expressway
Toronto Harbour Commission Building -  Aerial View
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Toronto Feature: Toronto Harbour Commission
Glenn Road
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Toronto Feature: St James Town
Bathhouse Raids
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Toronto Bathhouse Raids (1981)
John Mercer Johnson
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John Mercer Johnson
The Eastern Gap
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Toronto Feature: Ward's Island
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Toronto Feature: Chorley Park
Disturbance at Rochdale College
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Toronto Feature: Rochdale College
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Toronto Feature: Palace Pier
Irish Emigrants
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Toronto Feature: Irish Potato Famine Refugees
Labour protests
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Toronto Feature: Printers' Strike
Ontario's first Parliament site, archaeological dig
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Toronto Feature: First Parliament Buildings
William Lyon Mackenzie
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Toronto Feature: Mackenzie House
Fire's Aftermath
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Toronto Feature: Financial District
Toronto's Provincial Lunatic Asylum in 1850
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Toronto Feature: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
John David Eaton and Lady Eaton
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Toronto Feature: The Carlu
Queen Opens Sugar Refinery
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Toronto Feature: Redpath Sugar Refinery
Royals on Queen Elizabeth Way
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Toronto Feature: Queen Elizabeth Way
Red Baron's Seat
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Toronto Feature: Royal Military Institute
George Brown
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Toronto Feature: George Brown
Adelaide Court House, c 1800s
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Toronto Feature: Adelaide Court House
St James Cemetery Sundial
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Toronto Feature: St James and St James-the-Less
Scarborough Bluffs, 1909
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Toronto Feature: Scarborough Bluffs
Fire Ruin
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Toronto Feature: University College
Hough Carriage Works
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Toronto Feature: Scarborough Museum
Leslie Street Spit, Aerial View
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Toronto Feature: Tommy Thompson Park
McCaul's Pond
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Toronto Feature: Philosopher's Walk
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Toronto Feature: Arcadian Court
Henry Langley
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Toronto Feature: Necropolis Cemetery
Robert Duncan Wilmot
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Robert Duncan Wilmot
Toronto Subway Train
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Toronto Subway
Joseph E. Atkinson
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Joseph E. Atkinson
Premier of Alberta Harry Strom, Harold Cardinal and Jean Chrétien, Minister of Indian Affairs, 18 December 1970.
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Citizens Plus (The Red Paper)
Loblaws logo
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Loblaw Companies Limited

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