Historic Toronto photos from April 24

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 24: wholemap.com/Apr24

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 Saturday, April 24, 1915 - Rosedale Section - Rosedale Ravine Drive cemetery property (St. James Cemetery) in RosedaleRosedale Section - Rosedale Ravine Drive cemetery property (St. James Cemetery)
110 years ago - Saturday, April 24, 1915 - Rosedale
Max temp: 21.1°C - Min temp: 8.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1917 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 24, 1917 - 110-112 Elm Street at Elizabet Street in Discovery District110-112 Elm Street at Elizabet Street
108 years ago - Tuesday, April 24, 1917 - Discovery District at 110 Elm Street
Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924 Historic photo from Thursday, April 24, 1924 - Laying track in the Rosedale Loop, looking south-west in RosedaleLaying track in the Rosedale Loop, looking south-west
101 years ago - Thursday, April 24, 1924 - Rosedale
Max temp: 17.2°C - Min temp: 3.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1926 Historic photo from Saturday, April 24, 1926 - Baptist Bible Union First Annual Convention, Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Garden DistrictBaptist Bible Union First Annual Convention, Jarvis Street Baptist Church
99 years ago - Saturday, April 24, 1926 - Garden District at 130 Gerrard Street East n.e. corner at Jarvis Street
Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario)
1930 Historic photo from Thursday, April 24, 1930 - McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom built 1925 by the architecture firm of Hutton and Souter designed the building in the Neo-Gothic style in Queens ParkMcLaughlin Motor Car Showroom built 1925 by the architecture firm of Hutton and Souter designed the building in the Neo-Gothic style
95 years ago - Thursday, April 24, 1930 - Queens Park at 832 Bay Street
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1935 Historic photo from Wednesday, April 24, 1935 - Coach washing, Davenport Garage, Hillcrest in Hillcrest-BracondaleCoach washing, Davenport Garage, Hillcrest
(Categorized under: Streetcars and buses )
90 years ago - Wednesday, April 24, 1935 - Hillcrest-Bracondale at 1138 Bathurst Street
Max temp: 17.8°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1973 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 24, 1973 - Cleaning the front of the Royal York Hotel as part of the 1973 $13million renovation in Financial DistrictCleaning the front of the Royal York Hotel as part of the 1973 $13million renovation
(Categorized under: Royal York Hotel )
52 years ago - Tuesday, April 24, 1973 - Financial District at 100 Front Street West across from Union Station
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1975 Historic photo from Thursday, April 24, 1975 - Memories: Frank Sinatra Toronto appearance at the Mutual St. Arena (now The Terrace) in 1949 with manager Ted Dickson in Garden DistrictMemories: Frank Sinatra Toronto appearance at the Mutual St. Arena (now The Terrace) in 1949 with manager Ted Dickson
50 years ago - Thursday, April 24, 1975 - Garden District at 70 Mutual Street south of Dundas
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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