Historic Toronto photos from October 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.

Short URL to share for historic photos from October 12: wholemap.com/Oct12

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.

 
 

1915 Historic photo from Tuesday, October 12, 1915 - Union Station excavation across the street from the Queens Hotel in Financial DistrictUnion Station excavation across the street from the Queens Hotel
(Categorized under: Queens Hotel )
110 years ago - Tuesday, October 12, 1915 - Financial District
Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923 Historic photo from Friday, October 12, 1923 - Hart House tower construction from the north in University of Toronto (U of T)Hart House tower construction from the north
102 years ago - Friday, October 12, 1923 - University of Toronto (U of T)
Max temp: 14.4°C - Min temp: 8.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1926 Historic photo from Tuesday, October 12, 1926 - Doel House half demolished, Toronto in DowntownDoel House half demolished, Toronto
99 years ago - Tuesday, October 12, 1926 - Downtown
Max temp: 17.2°C - Min temp: 3.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario)
1933 Historic photo from Thursday, October 12, 1933 - Mary Pickford theatre on right - looking west on Queen St. at Spadina in Queen WestMary Pickford theatre on right - looking west on Queen St. at Spadina
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
92 years ago - Thursday, October 12, 1933 - Queen West
Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1971 Historic photo from Tuesday, October 12, 1971 - Dr. Charles Best, co-discoverer of insulin, and Lady Banting, widow of Dr. Frederick Banting in reproduction of their office (in the Ontario Science Centre) in Don MillsDr. Charles Best, co-discoverer of insulin, and Lady Banting, widow of Dr. Frederick Banting in reproduction of their office (in the Ontario Science Centre)
(Categorized under: Ontario Science Centre )
54 years ago - Tuesday, October 12, 1971 - Don Mills at 770 Don Mills Road south of Eglinton Ave East
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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