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- Date is exactly "1976"
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Eglinton Avenue West
Jamaicans and other members of the growing black community settled in this area during the sixties and seventies and developed a small business class.…
Convocation Hall
”This was The Wailers 2nd Toronto visit. The first image is the street poster the second is an ad from Share magazine.”
”St. Hilda's Anglican Church”
”A Barbadian couple became the latest victim of love recently when they exchanged marriage vows.”
”Tiger's Coconut Grove”
”Harry Belafonte’s explosive popularity in the late 1950s touched off a new craze for calypso-themed music; Hollywood films; West-Indian-inspired ruffled shirts and 'Calypso Cut' hairdos targeted at a mainstream white audience.”
”Golden Touch Salon”
”Next door in the deluxe salon that boasts 22 chairs - 'the largest in North America' according to the proud proprietor.”
”Spice Islands Supermarket”
"Ackees/ Calaloo/ Yams/ Bananas
”ThriftCargo”
"A business that ships cargo from Toronto to the Caribbean. West Indians in the diaspora repurposed old shipping barrels and filled them with household items/ dry goods/ clothing and more for relatives back in the Caribbean. A giant care package from…
”West Indian Bakery and Bake Shop”
”West Indian Bakery and Bake Shop”
”Ralph's Patty Shop”
”One of the first Jamaican bakeries in Toronto”
”Magic Touch Hair Stylist”
”Wigs/ Hair Piece Sold Clean & Styled.”
”Leone's Hair Salon”
”Wigs/ Hair Piece Sold Clean & Styled.”