blake 3:17
23rd July 2013, 01:55
Drawings of actual workers! Here: http://spacing.ca/toronto/2013/07/22/amazing-drawings-from-1949-of-ttc-subway-construction/
While plowing through thousands of images in the City of Toronto’s archive database I came across a series of illustrations by John DeRinzy that document scenes from Toronto’s Yonge Street subway construction in 1949. The series focuses on the workers in context with their tools and the structure of the tunnel taking shape around them. Eleven drawings were procuded in watercolour and later highlighted with charcoal, while three other drawings were rendered only in charcoal. These works were exhibited in 1950 in the lobby of the Towne Cinema at Bloor and Yonge, and several pieces were selected for display in 1979 at the Eaton Centre in an exhibit produced by the Toronto Transit Commission to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the subway line and again shown in 2004 during the 50th anniversary.
While plowing through thousands of images in the City of Toronto’s archive database I came across a series of illustrations by John DeRinzy that document scenes from Toronto’s Yonge Street subway construction in 1949. The series focuses on the workers in context with their tools and the structure of the tunnel taking shape around them. Eleven drawings were procuded in watercolour and later highlighted with charcoal, while three other drawings were rendered only in charcoal. These works were exhibited in 1950 in the lobby of the Towne Cinema at Bloor and Yonge, and several pieces were selected for display in 1979 at the Eaton Centre in an exhibit produced by the Toronto Transit Commission to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the subway line and again shown in 2004 during the 50th anniversary.