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 51 years ago ( in 1974 ).

June 13 images permanent link to this day
1917		High Park Forest School - weighing children (Categorized under: Schools ) 108 years ago - Wednesday, June 13, 1917 - High Park at 1873 Bloor Street West Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1923		Looking west on Dundas, from Bellwoods with boy (Categorized under: Portraits ) 102 years ago - Wednesday, June 13, 1923 - Trinity Bellwoods Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923		New Union Station, row of ticket offices 102 years ago - Wednesday, June 13, 1923 - Financial District Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1927		Mimico Industrial School, Mrs H. G. Baldwin, Mrs Grassett, Bev. Jones, H. C. Gambel, F. Le Grassett 98 years ago - Monday, June 13, 1927 - Mimico at 18 Ourland Ave Max temp: 20.6°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1928		Corner of Boulton Drive and Macpherson - #6 Boulton under construction 97 years ago - Wednesday, June 13, 1928 - The Annex Max temp: 27.2°C - Min temp: 12.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1933		Dinosaur skeleton: Corythosaurus intermedius 92 years ago - Tuesday, June 13, 1933 - Royal Ontario Museum at 100 Queens Park s.w. corner at Bloor Street West Max temp: 14.4°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1944		Harbord Street widening - south side from St. George Street 81 years ago - Tuesday, June 13, 1944 - University of Toronto (U of T) Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 14.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1944		Harbord Street - re widening - from St. George Street 81 years ago - Tuesday, June 13, 1944 - University of Toronto (U of T) Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 14.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1944		Harbord Street looking east across Spadina Avenue 81 years ago - Tuesday, June 13, 1944 - University of Toronto (U of T) Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 14.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1992		Indigo Girls live at Massey Hall in Toronto (20 audio tracks) (Categorized under: Massey Hall ) 33 years ago - Saturday, June 13, 1992 - Garden District at 178 Victoria Street Link to archive record - Map location
June 12 images permanent link to this day
1912		St Clement's Anglican church on Briar Hill Ave, just west of Avenue Road, in 1912. 113 years ago - Wednesday, June 12, 1912 - Lytton Park Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 12.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location ( From GetStock)
1912		Yonge Street - Summerhill Avenue crossing looking south 113 years ago - Wednesday, June 12, 1912 - Summerhill at 1123 Yonge Street Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 12.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1916		Board of Education Building under construction - 155 College Street - Lassonde Mining Building on the right 109 years ago - Monday, June 12, 1916 - University of Toronto (U of T) at 155 College Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1929		Royal York main dining room during official opening in 1929 (Categorized under: Royal York Hotel ) 96 years ago - Wednesday, June 12, 1929 - Financial District at 100 Front Street West across from Union Station Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1930		Standard Theatre - first purpose built Yiddish theatre in North America - Dundas and Spadina -Hebrew theatre sign (Categorized under: Downtown theatres ) 95 years ago - Thursday, June 12, 1930 - Chinatown (Spadina Ave) at 285 Spadina Ave n.e. corner at Dundas Street West Max temp: 24.4°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1969		Osgoode Hall at York University contains too much variety in building materials, says architect Harvey Cowan 56 years ago - Thursday, June 12, 1969 - York University at 4700 Keele Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
June 11 images permanent link to this day
1935		Lytton at Duplex looking east 90 years ago - Tuesday, June 11, 1935 - Lytton Park Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Lytton at Duplex looking west 90 years ago - Tuesday, June 11, 1935 - Lytton Park Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Duplex at Lytton looking north 90 years ago - Tuesday, June 11, 1935 - Lytton Park Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Duplex at Lytton looking south 90 years ago - Tuesday, June 11, 1935 - Lytton Park Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
June 10 images permanent link to this day
1924		Davenport Rd, looking east, from Christie St with water tower 101 years ago - Tuesday, June 10, 1924 - Davenport Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1925		First Service of the United Church of Canada in the Mutual Street Arena 100 years ago - Wednesday, June 10, 1925 - Garden District at 70 Mutual Street south of Dundas Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1929		Dance hall and flower garden, Hanlans Point 96 years ago - Monday, June 10, 1929 - Toronto Island Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1929		Entrance to Dance Hall on Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island (Categorized under: Ornamental gate ) 96 years ago - Monday, June 10, 1929 - Toronto Island Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)