The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) Story, the First Seventy-Five Years- with Photographs from the TTC Archives

Filey, Mike

ISBN 10: 155002244X / ISBN 13: 9781550022445

Published by Dundurn Press, Toronto And Oxford, 1996

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Oblong sized in laminated wraps. Slightly scuffed and shelf worn covers, but the contents are tight and clean. A beautifully illustrated history of the Toronto Transit Commission from its inception in 1921 to 1996.; Oblong 8 3/4" tall by 11 1/4" long.

Seller Inventory # 021298

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) Story, the First Seventy-Five Years- with Photographs from the TTC Archives
• Publisher: Dundurn Press, Toronto And Oxford
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155002244X
• ISBN 13: 9781550022445
• Binding: Softcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Photographs from Ttc Archives Selected by Ted Wickson
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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Synopsis

Looking back over the past 75 years, there is no doubt that public transportation has played a major role in the development and maturing of Toronto and its metropolitan area. Indeed , despite the fiscal challenges facing it, the TTC today remains a transit agency with an enviable reputation.

The TTC Story:The First Seventy-five Years, by Mike Filey, features over one hundred magnificent black and white images selected to illustrate the principal "transit" event in each year of the TTC’s existence. The photographs have been selected from the Commission’s vast archival collection by its knowledgeable archivist, Ted Wickson. Each event is fully described and put into its local, national, and worldwide historical context through the use of entertaining and informative text.

About the Author

Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than thirty-five years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the Toronto Sunday Sun. His Toronto Sketches series is more popular now than ever before.