This was a film photography project. An old Canon camera and two rolls of expired 36-frame black and white film was used to capture all images on the last business day of Sam-The-Record-Man store in Toronto, Canada.
Sam The Record Man was one of Toronto’s music icon. It was founded in 1937 by the Sniderman family as a radio selling and servicing store, and later became a records selling store. “Sam” was part of the Toronto Sound strip along with other music stores, nightclubs, and taverns in the 60’s. Sam’s famous store front neon sign was a landmark on Yonge Street for decades. The curtain of the store was closed in 2007.
Store Iconic neon sign of Sam
The Main Hall
Main Hall
Poster of The Beatles and a half-drum table
The Main Hall was equipped with comfortable chairs
A picture window overlooking Gould Street
People looking for the last day deals
The window aisle was alway bright
Last day customers
Aisle
Cashier posing for a customer
Empty shelf
Gold Records
Bar stools at the cafe
Antique expresso machine at the cafe
Another big hall
The cafe bar
Shoe shing chairs
A small theatre equipped with comfortable chairs
Indoor neon sign
Indoor neon sign
A surviving music records store across from Sam
Street vendors in front of the store
Last day customers
Chandeliers
A broken wall leading to the cafe
Doughnut counter
Cashiers
Decorative light and gold records
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Store room mainly for CD
Poster of Elvis Presley
Sniderman Radio was the predecessor of Sam The Record Man. This sign was kept to the Sniderman family
The Cafe
The infamous Sniderman Radio neon sign
Records shelves
Shoe shing chairs
Top Seller shelf
The big hall
The Cafe
Store room
Empty Shelf
Headsets for music sampling
The Bar
Customer leaving the big hall
Cashier counter
The Hall
The Last Customer
The Last Cashier
The Curtain
The Last Call
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