Historic Toronto photos from April 16

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 April 16: wholemap.com/Apr16

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.

1935 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 16, 1935 - King Street West, looking west to Wilson Avenue in King Street WestKing Street West, looking west to Wilson Avenue
(Categorized under: Wilson Ave pedestrian bridge )
90 years ago - Tuesday, April 16, 1935 - King Street West at 1526 King Street West
Max temp: 3.9°C - Min temp: -3.9°C - 0.5cm of snowfall (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1957 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 16, 1957 - Reinhardt Brewery Company, after Central Storage Company warehouse fire (was Don Roadway West) in Regent ParkReinhardt Brewery Company, after Central Storage Company warehouse fire (was Don Roadway West)
68 years ago - Tuesday, April 16, 1957 - Regent Park at 32 Mark Street south of Dundas Street East
Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 2.8°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1959 Historic photo from Thursday, April 16, 1959 - Before Avenue Road widening outside the The Avenue Rd. Church in SummerhillBefore Avenue Road widening outside the The Avenue Rd. Church
(Categorized under: Avenue road church (at roxborough) )
66 years ago - Thursday, April 16, 1959 - Summerhill at 243 Avenue Road
Max temp: 24.4°C - Min temp: 8.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1990 Historic photo from Monday, April 16, 1990 - Lee's Palace - Nirvana live in Toronto in 1990 (57:42 audio track) in The AnnexLee's Palace - Nirvana live in Toronto in 1990 (57:42 audio track)
(Categorized under: Live music )
35 years ago - Monday, April 16, 1990 - The Annex at 529 Bloor Street West east of Lippincott Street
Link to archive record - Map location
1993 Historic photo from Friday, April 16, 1993 - The Pursuit of Happiness (TPOH) live in Toronto at the Concert Hall in 1993 including a medley of covers (1+ hour audio track) in YorkvilleThe Pursuit of Happiness (TPOH) live in Toronto at the Concert Hall in 1993 including a medley of covers (1+ hour audio track)
(Categorized under: Concert hall )
32 years ago - Friday, April 16, 1993 - Yorkville at 888 Yonge Street n.w. corner at Davenport Road
Link to archive record - Map location
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