Historic photos from around TorontoThere are a number of great web sites that provide historic photos from around Toronto. As I was collecting them for an interactive historic map of the city I realized that it was also interesting to find photos that were taken around the current time of the year. How much snow was there at the end of March in 1916, for example?And so this page was born. It will always show a collection of photos from around Toronto over the last few weeks. You can also see all the historic photos for a given neighbourhood. A subset of the photos have also been arranged by subject.
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| 1837 |  | Shooting of Colonel Robert Moodie outside Montgomerys Tavern 183 years ago - Monday, December 4, 1837 - Yonge and Eglinton Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1909 | Panoramic view of the first Grey Cup Football Game 1909 - Rosedale Park, Toronto 111 years ago - Saturday, December 4, 1909 - Rosedale Max temp: 3.9°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the University of Toronto Archives) |
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| 1925 |  | Simcoe Hall, University of Toronto 95 years ago - Friday, December 4, 1925 - University of Toronto (U of T) Max temp: 8.3°C - Min temp: 2.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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| 1901 |  | Sully Crescent looking west to Shaw Street 119 years ago - Tuesday, December 3, 1901 - College Street Max temp: -2.8°C - Min temp: -10.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1923 |  | Mavety Theatre on Dundas Street, looking west (Categorized under: West end theatres ) 97 years ago - Monday, December 3, 1923 - The Junction Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1926 |  | Northwest corner Broadview and Chester Hill 94 years ago - Friday, December 3, 1926 - Playter Estates Max temp: -0.6°C - Min temp: -8.9°C - 3.0cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1934 |  | Clinton St. School re: damaged iron fence 86 years ago - Monday, December 3, 1934 - Bickford Park Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1934 |  | Boy outside Clinton St. School re: iron fence 86 years ago - Monday, December 3, 1934 - Bickford Park Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1948 |  | Exterior view of a barn at Sunnybrook Farm 72 years ago - Friday, December 3, 1948 - Sunnybrook Park Max temp: 11.1°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
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| 1911 |  | Wellington and Bay - wood block pavement 109 years ago - Saturday, December 2, 1911 - Financial District Max temp: 3.3°C - Min temp: -3.9°C - 1.8cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1988 |  | Lighting the Chanukah lights: While teacher Cheryl Needleman and classmates watch; Zoey Fiksel and Daniel Thorke; both 6; light the menorah at Beth Tzedec (Categorized under: Beth Tzedec Synagogue ) 32 years ago - Friday, December 2, 1988 - Forest Hill Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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| 1916 |  | Moss Park Recreation Centre - Billiard Room 104 years ago - Friday, December 1, 1916 - Moss Park Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1916 |  | Moss Park Recreation Centre - The Story Hour 104 years ago - Friday, December 1, 1916 - Moss Park Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1928 |  | A-frame construction of the Old Mill Restaurant expansion for a dance hall (at Humber Blvd.) 92 years ago - Saturday, December 1, 1928 - Kingsway Max temp: 3.3°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1931 |  | Tearing down the old Library, previously the Town Hall of old North Toronto 89 years ago - Tuesday, December 1, 1931 - North Toronto Max temp: 3.9°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1931 |  | Removing bricks around the distinctive windows ofthe old Library, previously the Town Hall 89 years ago - Tuesday, December 1, 1931 - North Toronto Max temp: 3.9°C - Min temp: -0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1933 |  | Northwest Barracks, old Fort York 87 years ago - Friday, December 1, 1933 - Fort York Max temp: -1.7°C - Min temp: -6.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1952 |  | Chandlers Garage in 1952 68 years ago - Monday, December 1, 1952 - The Danforth Max temp: 1.1°C - Min temp: -8.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1954 |  | Broadview Hotel, Queen St. E., n.w. corner Broadview Ave. Acc. S 2-2308B (Categorized under: Broadview Hotel ) 66 years ago - Wednesday, December 1, 1954 - Riverside-South Riverdale Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: -1.7°C - 6.6cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 2007 |  | Bata International Building demolition 13 years ago - Saturday, December 1, 2007 - Don Mills Max temp: °C - Min temp: °C - 13.0cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location |
| 2007 |  | The demolition of the Bata International Building 13 years ago - Saturday, December 1, 2007 - Don Mills Max temp: °C - Min temp: °C - 13.0cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location |
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| 1916 |  | Original staff of British Acetones 104 years ago - Thursday, November 30, 1916 - Distillery District Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1921 |  | W. J. Lawrence Real Estate at 974-1982 Yonge Street corner of Imperial Street 99 years ago - Wednesday, November 30, 1921 - Chaplin Estates Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1921 |  | Rosedale Golf Club wooden field clubhouse with upper veranda 99 years ago - Wednesday, November 30, 1921 - Teddington Park Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |