Historic Toronto photos from April 29There 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 29: wholemap.com/Apr29 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. |
1912 | ![]() | The last dance, Farewell to Government House at King and Simcoe (Categorized under: Government House (King and Simcoe) ) 113 years ago - Monday, April 29, 1912 - King Street West Max temp: 6.1°C - Min temp: 2.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
1913 | ![]() | Dufferin Grove park building 112 years ago - Tuesday, April 29, 1913 - Dufferin Grove Max temp: 15.0°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1915 | ![]() | King Street West subway at Sudbury 110 years ago - Thursday, April 29, 1915 - Liberty Village at 1044 King Street West Max temp: 21.7°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1917 | ![]() | Queen Street West at Bond Street, streetcar tracking machine 108 years ago - Sunday, April 29, 1917 - Garden District Max temp: 12.2°C - Min temp: 3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1924 | ![]() | No. 280 Bloor Street West, James Crowther residence 101 years ago - Tuesday, April 29, 1924 - The Annex Max temp: 17.8°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1929 | Merritt Malloney Art Galleries - 66 Grenville St. - showing portraits by Allan Ramsay and Anthony Van Dyke of Algernon 96 years ago - Monday, April 29, 1929 - Queens Park at 66 Grenville Street (where Womens College Hospital is now) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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1942 | ![]() | Aerial view of Leaside (from an airplane - north at the bottom?) 83 years ago - Wednesday, April 29, 1942 - Leaside Max temp: 25.6°C - Min temp: 10.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
1974 | Excavation for the Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets - Dominion Public Building (centre) and Union Station (to the right) 51 years ago - Monday, April 29, 1974 - Financial District at 200 Bay Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
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