Jan 15 2009
A Hole of a Place to Work
Printer's Drawer
A Hole of a Place to Work
140 King East
Toronto
Reg Smith
3 November /34
a hole of a place to work
The scrawl is on the underside of a printer’s drawer (see photos) that I picked up at a garage sale years ago. 140 King East is an old bank building that still stands on the northwest corner of King and Jarvis. The 3 story building contains offices on the upper floors and, I believe at that time, a Bank of Commerce on the ground floor.
Reg Smith is/was not an uncommon name - especially in anglo Toronto The Good in the 1930’s. I Googled Reg Smith and the best age match I could find was a Reg Smith in Napanee, 140 miles east of Toronto. In February 1934 this Reg Smith resided in Napanee when his 54 year old uncle died of a fractured skull suffered when he was a passenger in a truck that crashed into the 7th car of a freight train.
Professional hockey player Reginald ‘Hooley’ Smith also fits but appears to have been gainfully employed by the Montreal Maroons in 1934.
Any additional info on Reg or his employer would be welcome.
140 King at Jarvis, Toronto