Historic photos from around Toronto

There 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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The next update will be available on March 12, including Beaconsfield Village 63 years ago ( in 1951 ).

March 10 images permanent link to this day
1916		Slum housing - rear of 131 Nairn Avenue 98 years ago - Little Italy (St. Clair) - Friday, March 10, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1916		Slum interior - bedroom - 131 Nairn Avenue 98 years ago - Little Italy (St. Clair) - Friday, March 10, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1916		Slum interior (kitchen), 131 Nairn Avenue 98 years ago - Little Italy (St. Clair) - Friday, March 10, 1916 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		Dr. A.E. Clarke Dentist at 627 Sherbourne Street 60 years ago - Upper Jarvis - Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		623 Sherbourne Street 60 years ago - Upper Jarvis - Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		Church at 619 Sherbourne Street 60 years ago - Upper Jarvis - Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		607-609-611 Sherbourne Street 60 years ago - Upper Jarvis - Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954		603-605 Sherbourne Street 60 years ago - Upper Jarvis - Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
March 9 images permanent link to this day
1923		Looking north on Keele at Humberside, with Baird Park on the right 91 years ago - High Park - Friday, March 9, 1923 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1953		Grosvenor Hotel, Yonge St., s.e. corner Alexander St. (became Hotel Torontonian in 1953) (Categorized under: Hotels ) 61 years ago - Church-Wellesley Village - Monday, March 9, 1953 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
March 8 images permanent link to this day
1928		Front St, midway between York and Simcoe, 5:30 p.m., showing heavy vehicular traffic 86 years ago - Downtown - Thursday, March 8, 1928 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Alexandra Gates, colours for railings and lamps (Categorized under: Architectural drawings --- Alexandra Gates ) 79 years ago - Royal Ontario Museum - Friday, March 8, 1935 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1951		Lakeshore Boulevard looking southwest from west of Strachan Avenue 63 years ago - CNE - Thursday, March 8, 1951 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1951		Lakeshore Boulevard looking southwest from east of Strachan Avenue 63 years ago - CNE - Thursday, March 8, 1951 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1951		Princess Gates - Lakeshore Boulevard looking southwest from east of Strachan Avenue (Categorized under: Princes Gates ) 63 years ago - CNE - Thursday, March 8, 1951 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1958		Orange Hall, Eglinton, south of St. Clements down laneway 56 years ago - North Toronto - Saturday, March 8, 1958 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
March 7 images permanent link to this day
1935		Sketch of side elevation of the Wanless Park fieldhouse (Categorized under: Architectural drawings ) 79 years ago - Wanless Park - Thursday, March 7, 1935 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1938		21 Draper Street being demolished 76 years ago - Wellington Place - Monday, March 7, 1938 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1940		St. Clair dump on north side, east of Bathurst where subways station is now 74 years ago - Forest Hill - Thursday, March 7, 1940 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1998		Consumers' Gas Co, Station A. Built in 1898 51 Parliament St - March 7, 1998 16 years ago - Corktown - Saturday, March 7, 1998 Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream)
March 6 images permanent link to this day
1955		Old Fire Hall, Toronto, Lombard St., n. side, w. of Jarvis St. (Second City for a while) 59 years ago - Old Town - Sunday, March 6, 1955 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
March 5 images permanent link to this day
1902		Paderewski playing the piano at Massey Music Hall $1.00 to $2.50 per seat (Categorized under: Massey Hall ) 112 years ago - Garden District - Wednesday, March 5, 1902 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1912		Anderson Street Widening - 268-270 Simcoe Street 102 years ago - Downtown - Tuesday, March 5, 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
March 4 images permanent link to this day
1895		Robert Simpson Co., department store after 1895 fire - Yonge St., s.w. corner Queen St. W. 119 years ago - Downtown - Wednesday, March 4, 1895 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)