On this day in 1919, thousands gathered inside Eaton’s College Street store for the unveiling of a life-size bronze statue of founder Timothy Eaton.

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118 years ago today, on January 31, 1907, Timothy Eaton passed away at the age of 71 due to complications from pneumonia at his family’s home on Lowther Avenue in Toronto.

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