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 tomorrow, including Forest Hill 88 years ago ( in 1938 ).

April 19 images permanent link to this day
1904		The Great Fire of 1904 : City of Toronto Archives 122 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1904 - Great Toronto fire of 1904 Max temp: 5.6°C - Min temp: -5.0°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location
1904		Silent video footage of the 1904 Toronto fire 122 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1904 - Great Toronto fire of 1904 Max temp: 5.6°C - Min temp: -5.0°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location
1904		Ontario Government Archives entry for the Toronto 1904 fire 122 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1904 - Great Toronto fire of 1904 Max temp: 5.6°C - Min temp: -5.0°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location
1904		Where the Great Toronto fire of 1904 started. 122 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1904 - Great Toronto fire of 1904 Max temp: 5.6°C - Min temp: -5.0°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1915		Yonge Street bridge in Mount Pleasant Cemetery Hollow 111 years ago - Monday, April 19, 1915 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery Max temp: 25.6°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924		Old Trinity College, tower, Hoskin Ave. 102 years ago - Saturday, April 19, 1924 - University of Toronto (U of T) Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1926		Acme Dairy storefront, 29 Sussex Avenue 100 years ago - Monday, April 19, 1926 - Huron Sussex at 29 Sussex Ave Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		Pape Ave, east side, looking north, at Lipton where the subway station is now 99 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1927 - The Danforth Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		735 & 737 Pape Ave, corner of Lipton, looking east at H.Smith Tailor and J. Murphy 99 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1927 - The Danforth at 735 Pape Ave at Lipton Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		Pape Ave and Lipton, looking north-east 99 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1927 - The Danforth Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		Pape Ave and Gertrude, south-east corner, looking east 99 years ago - Tuesday, April 19, 1927 - The Danforth Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1968		Shedding the plastic coating over the new dome of the McLaughlin Planetarium (Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium ) 58 years ago - Friday, April 19, 1968 - Royal Ontario Museum at 90 Queens Park Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
April 18 images permanent link to this day
1916		Mount Pleasant Cemetery bridge and waterfalls 110 years ago - Tuesday, April 18, 1916 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery Max temp: 11.7°C - Min temp: 3.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923		Dundas and George, looking east 103 years ago - Wednesday, April 18, 1923 - Garden District Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		Chestnut Street Synagogue - aka The Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue - Ben Simon (1906-1996) (Categorized under: Churches and other places of worship ) 99 years ago - Monday, April 18, 1927 - City Hall at 109 Chestnut Ave south of Dundas Ave Link to archive record - Map location
1928		Grange Cottage 98 years ago - Wednesday, April 18, 1928 - Art Gallery of Ontario at 317 Dundas Street West s.e. corner at Beverley Street Max temp: 12.8°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1931		Toronto Transportation Commission North Toronto Terminal - Yonge at Yonge Blvd 95 years ago - Saturday, April 18, 1931 - Teddington Park at 3471 Yonge Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1934		Machinery and curved bricks at the Symes Road incinerator 92 years ago - Wednesday, April 18, 1934 - Harwood at 150 Symes Road at Glen Scarlett Road Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1934		Brick ceiling and arches - Symes Road incinerator 92 years ago - Wednesday, April 18, 1934 - Harwood at 150 Symes Road at Glen Scarlett Road Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1950		Portuguese Melody Theatre playbill - 344 College Street (Categorized under: Downtown theatres ) 76 years ago - Tuesday, April 18, 1950 - Harbord Village at 344 College Street Max temp: 18.9°C - Min temp: 3.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1958		Upper Canada College during demolition (opened 1891), 68 years ago - Friday, April 18, 1958 - Forest Hill Max temp: 22.8°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1958		Demolition of the 1891 Upper Canada College building in Forest Hill - poor renovations, near collapse (Categorized under: Upper Canada College ) 68 years ago - Friday, April 18, 1958 - Forest Hill at 200 Lonsdale Road north of St. Clair Ave. West Max temp: 22.8°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1958		Centre block and bell tower of 1891 Upper Canada College building during demolition (Categorized under: Upper Canada College ) 68 years ago - Friday, April 18, 1958 - Forest Hill at 200 Lonsdale Road north of St. Clair Ave. West Max temp: 22.8°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
2021		The Abandoned History of Ontario Place - A Troubled Futuristic Permanent World's Fair Theme Park 5 years ago - Sunday, April 18, 2021 - Ontario Place at 955 Lakeshore Boulevard West Link to archive record - Map location