I have a shortcut to the Royal Ontario Museum that passes below Varsity Stadium (as it was once called). On one walk, I was casually looking at the tall brick wall that runs along the south end of the stadium and noticed barbed wire. Apparently it had been removed from most of the wall, but strands remained in spots.
I had no idea what barbed wire was doing at a sports facility, and it left me curious. The stadium is surrounded by University of Toronto buildings and not too many steps away from the Annex. Short of calling up a historian who knew the past uses of the stadium, I was left to speculate. Perhaps U of T sports fan were a boisterous bunch? Or maybe it was meant to keep rival fans out. Could it have any connection to the Second World War and internment of prisoners?
For the camera-curious, this photo was taken with a modified Nikon film camera that was stripped of its shutter and the film opening enlarged to roughly more than double the width of the standard 35-mm frame. A medium-format lens was modified to fit on the front of the camera.
This camera was used previously by a National Geographic photographer before it found a home in my camera bag.