Historic Toronto photos from April 12

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.

If you'd like to see photos from today, you can always load this page without parameters to see the last few days worth of photos.

You can also see all the historic photos for a given neighbourhood. A subset of the photos have also been arranged by subject.

1838 Historic photo from Thursday, April 12, 1838 - The hanging of Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews  in St. Lawrence MarketThe hanging of Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews
186 years ago - Thursday, April 12, 1838 - St. Lawrence Market
Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location
1911 Historic photo from Wednesday, April 12, 1911 - Horsedrawn carts and manual labour on Wilton, west from Sumach in Regent ParkHorsedrawn carts and manual labour on Wilton, west from Sumach
113 years ago - Wednesday, April 12, 1911 - Regent Park
Max temp: 10.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913 Historic photo from Saturday, April 12, 1913 - Plan of Dufferin Grove Park in Dufferin GrovePlan of Dufferin Grove Park
111 years ago - Saturday, April 12, 1913 - Dufferin Grove
Max temp: 10.6°C - Min temp: 4.4°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1917 Historic photo from Thursday, April 12, 1917 - Bloor Street Viaduct under construction - working in steel across the main 281 foot span (Prince Edward Viaduct) in Don RiverBloor Street Viaduct under construction - working in steel across the main 281 foot span (Prince Edward Viaduct)
107 years ago - Thursday, April 12, 1917 - Don River
Max temp: 11.1°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1933 Historic photo from Wednesday, April 12, 1933 - Spalled brickwork - 207 Duplex Avenue in Chaplin EstatesSpalled brickwork - 207 Duplex Avenue
91 years ago - Wednesday, April 12, 1933 - Chaplin Estates at 207 Duplex Ave
Max temp: 8.9°C - Min temp: 2.2°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1937 Historic photo from Monday, April 12, 1937 - Before - Rear of 16-18 Power Street in CorktownBefore - Rear of 16-18 Power Street
87 years ago - Monday, April 12, 1937 - Corktown at 16 Power Street
Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
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