Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ellis Wiley" in English language version.
A great way to formally introduce Wiley is to look at one of the most recognized intersections of the city: Yonge Street at Dundas Street. As with a few other places, Wiley returned here to periodically chronicle its paced changes.
Chances are you've seen an Ellis Wiley photograph before. In numerous historical posts about Toronto in the second half of the 20th century on this and other sites, scanned versions of Wiley's Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides make prominent appearances.
Amateur street photographer Ellis Wiley, who extensively documented Toronto buildings and streets from the 1950s to 1990s, recorded the years leading up to construction of both projects, capturing one last time buildings buildings that were doomed to face the wrecking ball. Here's what downtown Toronto looked like through Wiley's lens in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
For those of us interested in mining the visual archive of the 1980s, the Ellis Wiley Fonds at the Toronto Archives are indispensable, but for all the crucial documentation of the decade, the photos are mostly snapshots.
Kodachrome film stopped being made in 2009, but over the course of its 75 years of existence its popularity means that there are almost certainly scores of slides out there that could used for Idlewild's project. The challenge is locating them. The City of Toronto Archives — and the Ellis Wiley fonds in particular — is one such source, but the point of Kodachrome Toronto is to go beyond the established archive and seek out those images that have yet to be discovered.
This is captured amazingly in Ellis Wiley's photographs. His some 1,500 street photographs are a vital part of the City of Toronto Archives collection, but might just show off their best vernacular qualities in Kensignton market.
They were, but then you get to the amateur photographers like Ellis Wiley, whose work is all housed at the archives, there's activity. Wiley had an especially keen eye for demolition. You can chart out the waves of demolition throughout the 1970s. Tepperman. That name is everywhere.
Taken between 1945 and 1993, Wiley's images tell the story of an evolving city. He photographed the construction of iconic Toronto landmarks like the TD Bank Tower, new City Hall and the CN Tower.
They were, but then you get to the amateur photographers like Ellis Wiley, whose work is all housed at the archives, there's activity. Wiley had an especially keen eye for demolition. You can chart out the waves of demolition throughout the 1970s. Tepperman. That name is everywhere.
Chances are you've seen an Ellis Wiley photograph before. In numerous historical posts about Toronto in the second half of the 20th century on this and other sites, scanned versions of Wiley's Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides make prominent appearances.
Amateur street photographer Ellis Wiley, who extensively documented Toronto buildings and streets from the 1950s to 1990s, recorded the years leading up to construction of both projects, capturing one last time buildings buildings that were doomed to face the wrecking ball. Here's what downtown Toronto looked like through Wiley's lens in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
For those of us interested in mining the visual archive of the 1980s, the Ellis Wiley Fonds at the Toronto Archives are indispensable, but for all the crucial documentation of the decade, the photos are mostly snapshots.
Kodachrome film stopped being made in 2009, but over the course of its 75 years of existence its popularity means that there are almost certainly scores of slides out there that could used for Idlewild's project. The challenge is locating them. The City of Toronto Archives — and the Ellis Wiley fonds in particular — is one such source, but the point of Kodachrome Toronto is to go beyond the established archive and seek out those images that have yet to be discovered.
This is captured amazingly in Ellis Wiley's photographs. His some 1,500 street photographs are a vital part of the City of Toronto Archives collection, but might just show off their best vernacular qualities in Kensignton market.
Taken between 1945 and 1993, Wiley's images tell the story of an evolving city. He photographed the construction of iconic Toronto landmarks like the TD Bank Tower, new City Hall and the CN Tower.
