# @toronto_archives on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-05-05T17:01:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** City of Toronto Archives (@toronto_archives) — https://gondola.cc/toronto_archives

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Join us this Saturday May 10, 1:00-3:00pm for 'Kristan Klimczak: The Ex', presented in partnership with CONTACT Photography Festival. The Canadian National Exhibition is an odd and encompassing consumer capitalistic ritual that emerges from a giant parking lot to mark the end of summer each year. Toronto-based artist Kristan Klimczak has photographed the fair since 2015.

Kristan will discuss and present selected images from her long term project, 'The Ex', followed by an opportunity to view original archival records relating to the long history of the Canadian National Exhibition. 

'Kristan Klimczak: The Ex' is a free event. Preregistration is not required, but space is limited. 

1. Kristan Klimczak, The Ex.

2. Kristan Klimczak, The Ex.

3. View of crowds on CNE grounds and cable cars. Harvey R. Naylor, 1972.
Fonds 1526, File 94, Item 59

4. Midway of CNE. Desmond E. Wainwright, 1953.
Fonds 536, Item 105

5. Midway of CNE. Desmond E. Wainwright, 1953.
Fonds 536, Item 98

6. Miss War Worker Beauty Contest 1942, CNE Grandstand. Alexandra Studios.
Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 1845

7. Midway at the Canadian National Exhibition. W.L. Shelden, circa 1939.
Fonds 1173, Item 161

8. CNE, Kids Day, three boys with ice cream, August 27, 1929.
Globe & Mail Fonds 1266, Item 17688

9. Automobile polo at the CNE, 1914-1920.
Fonds 1244, Item 198

#TOHistory #ContactPhotographyFestival #CNE #TheEx #TorontoArchives

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