Historic Toronto photos from February 20

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.

 
 

1889 Historic photo from Wednesday, February 20, 1889 - University College, Deans house and  garden, looking w. to the back of houses on St. George in University of Toronto (U of T)University College, Deans house and garden, looking w. to the back of houses on St. George
135 years ago - Wednesday, February 20, 1889 - University of Toronto (U of T)
Max temp: -7.8°C - Min temp: -14.4°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1904 Historic photo from Saturday, February 20, 1904 - KEW Beach Grocery and Smith - Queen Street west of Lee Avenue in The BeachesKEW Beach Grocery and Smith - Queen Street west of Lee Avenue
120 years ago - Saturday, February 20, 1904 - The Beaches at 2040 Queen Street East
Max temp: -4.4°C - Min temp: -16.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1932 Historic photo from Saturday, February 20, 1932 - Southwest corner Hillsdale and Bayview Ave in Davisville VillageSouthwest corner Hillsdale and Bayview Ave
92 years ago - Saturday, February 20, 1932 - Davisville Village at 1670 Bayview Ave s.w. corner at Hillsdale Avenue West
Max temp: -2.2°C - Min temp: -12.8°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935 Historic photo from Wednesday, February 20, 1935 - Suggested colour scheme, Clarke Beach lavatory building for the Parks Dept. in Cherry BeachSuggested colour scheme, Clarke Beach lavatory building for the Parks Dept.
(Categorized under: Architectural drawings )
89 years ago - Wednesday, February 20, 1935 - Cherry Beach
Max temp: -2.8°C - Min temp: -8.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1939 Historic photo from Monday, February 20, 1939 - Iron fence outside church on the southeast corner Brock and Atkin Avenue in Brockton VillageIron fence outside church on the southeast corner Brock and Atkin Avenue
85 years ago - Monday, February 20, 1939 - Brockton Village
Max temp: 3.3°C - Min temp: -8.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1959 Historic photo from Friday, February 20, 1959 - Avro closes down the CF 105 Avro Arrow project in MaltonAvro closes down the CF 105 Avro Arrow project
65 years ago - Friday, February 20, 1959 - Malton at 6301 Silver Dart Drive
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1959 Historic photo from Friday, February 20, 1959 - Avro closes down on the CF 105 fighter jet in MaltonAvro closes down on the CF 105 fighter jet
65 years ago - Friday, February 20, 1959 - Malton at 6301 Silver Dart Drive
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
   Previous day with photos      -      next day with photos

Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed here for regular updates.