Historic Toronto photos from April 8

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 8: wholemap.com/Apr8

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.
1913 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Red Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street at 183 Yonge Street in Garden DistrictRed Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street at 183 Yonge Street
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
112 years ago - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Garden District at 183 Yonge Street just north of Queen Street
Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Red Mill Theatre opened 1906 by John Griffin under the name of The Theatorium in Garden DistrictRed Mill Theatre opened 1906 by John Griffin under the name of The Theatorium
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
112 years ago - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Garden District at 183 Yonge Street just north of Queen Street
Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913 Historic photo from Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Red Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street on Yonge Street in Garden DistrictRed Mill Theatre, north of Queen Street on Yonge Street
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
112 years ago - Tuesday, April 8, 1913 - Garden District at 183 Yonge Street just north of Queen Street
Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954 Historic photo from Thursday, April 8, 1954 - Gates at Baby Point Road and Jane Street - looking s.w. in Baby PointGates at Baby Point Road and Jane Street - looking s.w.
71 years ago - Thursday, April 8, 1954 - Baby Point at 1 Baby Point Road
Max temp: 8.9°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1968 Historic photo from Monday, April 8, 1968 - Plastic cocoon of more than 26,000 square of polythene sheeting towers 100 feet in the air, protecting the dome of the almost-completed McLaughlin Planetarium in Royal Ontario MuseumPlastic cocoon of more than 26,000 square of polythene sheeting towers 100 feet in the air, protecting the dome of the almost-completed McLaughlin Planetarium
(Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium )
57 years ago - Monday, April 8, 1968 - Royal Ontario Museum at 90 Queens Park West end of Charles Street West
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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