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John's super 8 film

- Toronto Homes -

Toronto Homes (John Porter, 1987, super 8, colour, sound on film, 7 minutes)

John's mother Marion Porter and her brother George Johnston pose and tell childhood stories in front of each of the many houses that they lived in with their parents while growing up in Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario 1916-1939.

A companion film to Hamilton Homes (1985, 9 minutes, sound on film) with John's father, aunt and uncle at their many childhood houses in Hamilton, Ontario 1906-1930.

Of the five siblings in the two families, Marion Porter is the lone survivor, still telling stories at 91.

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Siblings George Johnston and Marion Porter
at the house in Port Nelson where their family summered 1916-1926.
The photo is a frame from John Porter's super 8 film Toronto Homes (1987).

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Siblings George Johnston and Marion Porter
at 245 Rusholme Rd., Toronto, were they and
their parents Margaret & Benson lived 1936-'43.
(photo by John Porter, 1987, for his film Toronto Homes)

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