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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| March 7 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1927 |  | Browns Hotel - 630 Weston Road South (Categorized under: Hotels ) 99 years ago - Monday, March 7, 1927 - Weston at 630 Weston Road Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1935 | | Sketch of side elevation of the Wanless Park fieldhouse (Categorized under: Architectural drawings ) 91 years ago - Thursday, March 7, 1935 - Wanless Park at 250 Wanless Ave Max temp: -2.2°C - Min temp: -6.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1938 |  | 21 Draper Street being demolished (built 1881) now the 'Cat Promenade' to connect to The Well 88 years ago - Monday, March 7, 1938 - Wellington Place at 19 Draper Street Max temp: 0.6°C - Min temp: -3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1938 | | Draper Park now - back of 21 Draper Street - built in the 19th Century Second Empire-style 88 years ago - Monday, March 7, 1938 - Wellington Place at 19 Draper Street Max temp: 0.6°C - Min temp: -3.9°C (weather details) 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 86 years ago - Thursday, March 7, 1940 - Forest Hill at 396 St Clair Ave West Max temp: -2.2°C - Min temp: -6.1°C - 0.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1979 |  | St. Michael's Cathedral - view up to window details on the roof (Categorized under: St Michaels Cathedral ) 47 years ago - Wednesday, March 7, 1979 - Garden District at 200 Church Street n.e. corner at Shuter Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1979 | | Outside view of a rose window in St. Michaels Cathedral (Categorized under: St Michaels Cathedral ) 47 years ago - Wednesday, March 7, 1979 - Garden District at 200 Church Street n.e. corner at Shuter Street 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 28 years ago - Saturday, March 7, 1998 - Corktown at 51 Parliament Street n.e corner at Front Street East Max temp: 5.4°C - Min temp: -0.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream) |
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| 1934 |  | City of Toronto, 1834 - produced in 1934 by Ethel G.A. Foster to celebrate Toronto Centenial 92 years ago - Tuesday, March 6, 1934 - Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1955 |  | Old Fire Hall built 1886 - Lombard St. (Second City for a while) 71 years ago - Sunday, March 6, 1955 - Old Town at 110 Lombard Street w. of Jarvis St. Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: -6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1978 |  | Elvis Costello live in Toronto at the El Mocambo in 1978 - Watching the Detectives (Categorized under: El Mocambo ) 48 years ago - Monday, March 6, 1978 - Chinatown (Spadina Ave) at 464 Spadina Ave just south of College Street Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1984 | | Logo for Torontos 150th birthday - A Celebration of Friends - 1834-1984 - York was incorporated as the City of Toronto on March 6, 1834 42 years ago - Tuesday, March 6, 1984 - Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1984 |  | James Austin House - Spadina House - built 1866 - Now the Spadina Museum (Categorized under: Spadina house ) 42 years ago - Tuesday, March 6, 1984 - Casa Loma at 285 Spadina Road 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 ) 124 years ago - Wednesday, March 5, 1902 - Garden District Max temp: 1.1°C - Min temp: -5.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1910 |  | Ontario Society of Artists 38th annual exhibition (March 5th, 1910) 116 years ago - Saturday, March 5, 1910 - University of Toronto (U of T) at 220 College Street north west corner at St. George Street Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1912 | | Anderson Street Widening - 268-270 Simcoe Street 114 years ago - Tuesday, March 5, 1912 - Downtown Max temp: -6.7°C - Min temp: -15.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1931 |  | Sewer construction leading to sunken streetcar tracks - Dundas Street, west of Ossington Avenue 95 years ago - Thursday, March 5, 1931 - Trinity Bellwoods at 1161 Dundas Street West west of Ossington Ave Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1977 |  | The Rolling Stones live in Toronto playing Honky Tonk Women at the El Mocambo in 1977 (Categorized under: El Mocambo ) 49 years ago - Saturday, March 5, 1977 - Chinatown (Spadina Ave) at 464 Spadina Ave just south of College Street Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1984 |  | The Flyer (second version 1953-1992) covered in snow - carried more than 9 million riders 42 years ago - Monday, March 5, 1984 - CNE 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. 131 years ago - Monday, March 4, 1895 - Downtown Max temp: -12.8°C - Min temp: -16.7°C - 6.1cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1918 | | Spectators and crashed car after auto accident No. 1042 Bloor Street West near Walmer Road 108 years ago - Monday, March 4, 1918 - The Annex Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: -7.2°C - 1.0cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1921 | | Margaret Eaton School, North Street (now Bay Street) (Categorized under: Schools ) 105 years ago - Friday, March 4, 1921 - Yorkville Max temp: -5.0°C - Min temp: -13.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1921 | | 52 North Street - Terauley Street Extension 105 years ago - Friday, March 4, 1921 - Yorkville at 52 North Street Max temp: -5.0°C - Min temp: -13.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1924 | | No. 83-85 Bloor Street West 102 years ago - Tuesday, March 4, 1924 - Yorkville Max temp: 4.4°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |