Montrealer Mario Pompetti shared this photo of his father, a cabbie in the early days of motorized taxis. He says it was taken in the 1930s in Montreal but I can't determine exactly where, as the name Wings, seen in the background, was shared by many businesses around town at the time, including a lot of Chinese laundries. You'll notice that there was no dome light on taxis in those days, just a sign in the window.
Note the two brassy babes proudly sporting their cheap sunglasses, which were likely at the cutting edge of high-technology at the time.
The lower photo is a shot of of the senior Pompetti wearing his taxi-driver uniform which he wore driving for Diamond Taxi, a long black wool coat and white gloves. "He used to change every day until the 1950s," said Pompetti, who said that his family came to Canada to flee the Italian fascists, who stole much of his family's property.