Ontario is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada’s most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country’s population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada’s fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation’s capital city, Ottawa, and the nation’s most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario’s provincial capital.
Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario’s 2,700 km (1,678 mi) border with the United States follows inland waterways: from the westerly Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence River drainage system. These include Rainy River, Pigeon River, Lake Superior, St. Marys River, Lake Huron, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Lake Erie, Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River from Kingston, to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall. There is only about 1 km (0.6 mi) of land border, made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border.
Ontario is sometimes divided into two geographic regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontario’s population and arable land is in the south. In contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and heavy forestation. (Wikipedia)
A boy holding a stick contemplates hitting backside of a large manAt homeBathing in Lake HuronBecklers Mills Falls, BenmillerBend in Maitland RiverComing around curve in grove, GoderichDungannon School (destroyed by fire 1872)Four men and bicycles after crash on pathGoderich Harbor, looking east from parkMenesetung ParkMonarch, Goderich HarbourOn the banks of the MaitlandOn the bluffsPlatts Mill on the river flatsPort Albert HarbourShips in Goderich harbourSquare, GoderichThe Point Farms, summer resort near Goderich, Ontario
Kansas City Bomber is a unique movie. It is a sports movie that centers around a female athlete in the rough and tumble world of Roller Derby. Roller Derby, for those who don’t remember, was a team race on roller skates around a circular track that was as violent as the WWF. Players kicked, tripped and punched each other in a free-for-all mad dash on wheels. Raquel Welch plays K.C. Carr. In 1972 when this movie was released Welch was, along with Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda, one of the biggest female box office stars in the world. She also produced this movie.
Raquel Welch broke her wrist doing some of her own stunts, in this movie where action is all-important, and plot non-existent. In 1972, by her own admission, Raquel Welch was a sex goddess who hasn’t turned serious actress — and Kansas City Bomber changed nothing. Raquel said in an interview at the time, that when she was growing up in La Jolla, CA, she would sometimes strap on a pair of skates and clank all the way from her porch to her garage and back. When she was 7, she put the skates away and didn’t skate again until a year ago when she began readying herself for Kansas City Bomber.
Raquel reported to a banked oval track built for her on a Hollywood lot, where she skated 5 hours a day for 3 months. Her tutor was famous skater Paul Rupert who skated along beside her, coaching her and teaching her the basics of 5 strides on the banked track, how to take falls (fall backwards — if you fall forwards you could break a wrist), and everything else she needed to know.
Here are some amazing behind the scenes photographs of Kansas City Bomber by Bill Eppridge for LIFE magazine.
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and retains boundaries close to its medieval ones. Since the 19th century, “London” has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries held the national government and parliament.
London, as one of the world’s global cities, exerts strong influence on its arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, health care, media, tourism, and communications. Its GDP (€801.66 billion in 2017) makes it the biggest urban economy in Europe and one of the major financial centres in the world. In 2019 it had the second highest number of ultra high-net-worth individuals in Europe after Paris and the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in Europe after Moscow. With Europe’s largest concentration of higher education institutions, it includes Imperial College London in natural and applied sciences, the London School of Economics in social sciences, and the comprehensive University College London. The city is home to the most 5-star hotels of any city in the world. In 2012, London became the first city to host three Summer Olympic Games.
London’s diverse cultures mean over 300 languages are spoken. The mid-2018 population of Greater London of about 9 million, made it Europe’s third-most populous city. It accounts for 13.4 per cent of the UK population. Greater London Built-up Area is the fourth-most populous in Europe, after Istanbul, Moscow and Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The London metropolitan area is the third-most populous in Europe after Istanbul’s and Moscow’s, with 14,040,163 inhabitants in 2016.
London has four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the Palace of Westminster, along with Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret’s Church; and the historic settlement in Greenwich, where the Royal Observatory, Greenwich defines the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. Other landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge and Trafalgar Square. It has numerous museums, galleries, libraries and sporting venues, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End theatres. The London Underground is the oldest rapid transit system in the world. (Wikipedia)
A milk bar in Bear Street, central London, 1936A trader on a horse and trap outside Long Acre in Covent Garden, 1930A water cart man turns the water main on a group of boys to help them cool off in a street in Westminster, London during a heatwave, August 1930A woman and her two daughters rooftopping Hillcott House, Haggerston, London 1938Atmospheric London scene in the early 1930sBoy at the Buckingham Palace, 1930Camden Town in the 1930sCamden Town in the 1930sCentral London, ca. late 1930sChild staring into bakery window, London, 1935Children on London streets, 1939Children sailing pond yachts, London, 1930Couple eating ice-cream, 1934Evacuees from the East End of London during the Second World War, 1939Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, 1936Girl riding on tricycle, London, 1934Homeless man, London, 1931J.P. Restaurants Ltd., London, 19302nd December 1931: A young exhibitor arrives with her kitten on a lead at the National Cat Club show at Crystal Palace, London. Lockyer Street, Bermondsey, London, 1935Lockyer Street, Bermondsey, London, 1935London friends, 1935London streets in the middle of 1930sLondon’s Bond Street decorated for the wedding of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, 1934London’s Lido, 1930Lunch hour in the roof garden at Adelaide House, 1937Milkman on Charing Cross Road, 1935Miniature Southdown Leyland coach, ca. 1930sNannies looking after their charges beside the Serpentine in Hyde Park in 1938Piccadilly Circus in the early 1930sPiccadilly Circus, 1937Regent street London, 1933-34Sandwich board men parading outside the London Palladium, 1937Shoeshine in London, 1936Street scene in London, 1933Street scene in London, ca. 1930sTraffic signals on Oxford St, London, 1935Victoria Bus Terminal, 1939
San Fransisco, Ca, 1957Hawaiian Party, 1950sCypress Gardens, 1952Cypress Gardens Performers. Florida, 1950sScotch & Pretzels, 1958Yale Rubber Co. Plant Fire, Sandusky, Mi, 1952Madeira Beach, Fl, 1950sDairy Creme. Oklahoma, 1956Noah’s Ark, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 1956Thunderbirds Are Go! 1958Desert View Lookout Tower, Jacumba, Ca, 1959Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama, 1956Florida, 1957Kitchen Klatch. January 1959, Los Angeles, CaliforniaStrekreyser, Early 1950sWinter In New EnglandMarylandLos Angeles, 1956San Diego, 1950s1957Looking North From 333 N Michigan Ave. 1954, ChicagoLooking West From 333 N Michigan Ave. 1954, ChicagoHawaii, 1952Kapiolani Beach, Near Waikiki, 1950sSandpiper Motel & Apts, 1958RKO Palace, Times Square, NYC, 1953Mummers Parade. Philadelphia, Jan 1, 1955Hawaii, 1950sHouse Party, 1959Silver Springs, Ocala, Fl, Early 1950sBandshell, Sanford, Fl, Early 1950sPool-Party. Provo, Utah, 1959South Side Snack. 1953, ChicagoChild In A Car SeatPool Party, 1954Ft. Wayne, In, 1955California Desert, 1959SantaNew Cars Parked In Front Of The ShowroomWipe The WindshieldAfter The Snowfall. Ohio, 1958Malibu Pier Area In The 1950sUnion Square In San Francisco, 19521959 – Tantalus DriveEaster, 1959Parade. Clearwater, Fl, 1956Jones Beach, Long Island, 1954Ymca Camp In Hayward, Wi, 1954Lake Michigan, Chicago, Il, 1959Madeira Beach, Fl, 1950s
Four Boys From Volendam, NetherlandsCockington Forge, Devon, EnglandTourists At The Frauenkirche, Nürnberg, GermanyMother And Daughter On Mountain Top, AustriaTwo Gentlemen, LondonMarket, Bayreuth, GermanyMen And Girl On The Docks, Marken, NetherlandsNet Mender, Étretat, Normandy, FranceOldest Man In Clovelly, EnglandWoman On BenchOmnibuses, London, EnglandGirls In Cottage, Marken, NetherlandsMarken Girls, Marken, NetherlandsSteigersgrachtwater, Rotterdam, NetherlandsFishing Boats, Volendam, NetherlandsOn The Charles Bridge, Prague, CzechoslovakiaSteep Street, Clovelly, Devon, EnglandLaundry On The Beach, Étretat, FranceAsparagus Sellers, Vienna, AustriaWomen In Market, Bayreuth, GermanyHaying With Oxen, AustriaZwinger Palace, Dresden, GermanyCheese Market In Alkmaar, NetherlandsSchonbrunn Palace, Vienna, AustriaNew Inn, Clovelly, Devon, EnglandHorses, Carts, And Bobbies, EnglandFarm Buildings, Normandy, FranceOrgan Grinder And Daughter, LondonWoman With Heavy Basket, Location UncertainPunting At Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, EnglandSchool Children, NetherlandsOld Fisherman, NetherlandsReplica Windmill, Sans Souci Park, Potsdam, GermanyCaveé Saint-Firmin, Montreuil-Sur-Mer, FranceRoadside Shrines, AustriaOrnate Doorway- Eglise St. Maclou, Rouen, FranceGroup Of Women On The Shore, FranceChateau De Coucy In 1904, FranceOld Street, Montreuil-Sur-Mer, FranceFrenchwoman And Her GeeseAlice, London, EnglandThe Boat Crush, Eights Week, 1904, Oxford, EnglandBavaria, GermanyLinderhof, Ludwig II’s Palace In BavariaMrs. Dixon And Alice, London, EnglandMen Killing Time, Germany
An amazing photo collection shows how inside the shops looked like from the early 20th century.
Art glass shop in San FranciscoAuto repair shop, Whittier, CaliforniaBakery in St. Matthews, South CarolinaBarber shop in Los Angeles, CABarber shop, Canby, MinnesotaCharleroi City Grocery, 321 5th Street, Charleroi, PennsylvaniaComposing room in a print shopFather and son in their shoe repair shop, Unionville, ConnecticutFenske’s Hardware Store in Creston, IllinoisIce cream, soda, candy & cigar shop in a small town, Berks County, PennsylvaniaIn the carpenters’ shop, Addington Park Military Hospital, LondonIn a hat shopA blacksmith shop in Laurel, IowaPeople at a drugstore in Kutná Hora, Czech RepublicInside a store in Germany from the early 20th centuryMan, woman and child in fruit and vegetable shopManhart Store interior, Plum Avenue, Sedalia, ColoradoMartins Store in the Rio de Janeiro’s downtownPennsylvania butcher shopPeople in a general storePrinting shop on Norfolk IslandThe wheelwright shop in the Carl Spoerer’s Sons factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street, BaltimoreWaitrose store, Gloucester Road, LondonA fruiterer in a white apron in his greengrocer shopA hardware shop in Jet, Oklahoma
William Klein is an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography.
From 1955 to 1965, Klein began shooting glamorous yet innovative pictures for Vogue and other publications expanding the limits of acceptability in fashion photography. He established a reputation as a revolutionalry and talented fashion lensman. He used on-location set-ups, shot with wide-angle and telephoto lenses, sometimes with flash and multiple exposures.
William Klein, produced three more books, on Rome, Moscow and Tokyo. He is recognized as one of the 20th Century most influential photographers. He is better known in Europe and his adopted hometown of Paris than in his native United States.
