Window Dressing
Banner image is of the Murray Kay Co store windows. From the Dry Goods Review, 1912. In 1890, with very little fanfare (i.e. none), a man named George Cole, who worked at Simpson’s department store, became the very first person in Toronto to claim the title of “window dresser.” From the Toronto City Directory, 1890. Sadly, beyond the fact that he lived on Cumberland, next to the Church of the…
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