Historic Toronto photos from August 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.

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.
1929 Historic photo from Monday, August 12, 1929 - Full view of the Princes Gates from the north in CNEFull view of the Princes Gates from the north
(Categorized under: Princes Gates )
95 years ago - Monday, August 12, 1929 - CNE at 11 Princes Boulevard
Max temp: 25.0°C - Min temp: 14.4°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1930 Historic photo from Tuesday, August 12, 1930 - Eglinton Park (Roselawn Avenue) Shelter in North TorontoEglinton Park (Roselawn Avenue) Shelter
94 years ago - Tuesday, August 12, 1930 - North Toronto at 200 Eglinton Ave West
Max temp: 22.8°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935 Historic photo from Monday, August 12, 1935 - Cherry Beach Lavatory in Cherry BeachCherry Beach Lavatory
89 years ago - Monday, August 12, 1935 - Cherry Beach
Max temp: 31.1°C - Min temp: 19.4°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1947 Historic photo from Tuesday, August 12, 1947 - Duplex at 95 Nairn Avenue in Little Italy (St. Clair)Duplex at 95 Nairn Avenue
77 years ago - Tuesday, August 12, 1947 - Little Italy (St. Clair)
Max temp: 33.9°C - Min temp: 18.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1955 Historic photo from Friday, August 12, 1955 - Shell Oil Tower, during construction - later the Bulova Watch Tower - 36 metre tall, demolished 1985 in CNEShell Oil Tower, during construction - later the Bulova Watch Tower - 36 metre tall, demolished 1985
69 years ago - Friday, August 12, 1955 - CNE
Max temp: 27.8°C - Min temp: 18.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1980 Historic photo from Tuesday, August 12, 1980 - The stuntman Dar Robinson jumps off the CN Tower attached to a wire harness in CNEThe stuntman Dar Robinson jumps off the CN Tower attached to a wire harness
44 years ago - Tuesday, August 12, 1980 - CNE at 301 Front Street West
Link to archive record - Map location
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