Contrast newspaper box, 1986

Contrast newspaper box, 1986

Duncan McLaren Photography

Contrast ("Serving the Black community coast to coast") was published from Feb. 1969 to Jan. 31, 1991. At the time the photo was taken on Bathurst Street, it was a free paper.





Sue's of Jamaica Beauty Salon

Sue's of Jamaica Beauty Salon

Duncan McLaren Photography

1090 Bathurst Street; photographed in 1986.





May Day march poster, 1974

May Day march poster, 1974

Duncan McLaren Photography

Photographed on Danforth Avenue, April 1974.





Denison Furniture, 1986

Denison Furniture, 1986

Duncan McLaren Photography

207 Augusta Avenue. Next door to Iberica Bakeries.





Iberica Bakeries, 1986

Iberica Bakeries, 1986

Duncan McLaren Photography

209 Augusta Avenue. The bakery's window reflects the Lisbon Plate restaurant across the street.





Hotel Winchester (men's entrance), 1986

Hotel Winchester (men's entrance), 1986

Duncan McLaren Photography

531 Parliament Street. The "Men's Entrance" sign refers to the men's beverage room. (Another entrance was for "Ladies and Escorts.")





Simon's Warehouse Outlet, 1988

Simon's Warehouse Outlet, 1988

Duncan McLaren Photography

"Prices below the belt."

129 Spadina Avenue





Gilead Lane, 1988

Gilead Lane, 1988

Duncan McLaren Photography

Laneway between King Street and Eastern Avenue. Photo taken across the lane from Mills Custom Photo Lab (later Jamie Kennedy's Gilead Café).