The Toronto Archives is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get. We certainly weren’t expecting to stumble across this photo. There are almost too many weird things going on here to list: why is a photographer set up here? Why aren’t the boys wearing shoes on a dirt road? What kind of lecture is the police officer giving? The folks at the archives seem equally as baffled. Toronto, you never cease to amaze.

Police officer and (naked) boys on road, pre-1940, Fonds 1548, Series 393, Item 24