Historic Toronto photos from December 23

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 December 23: wholemap.com/Dec23

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.

 
 

1923 Historic photo from Sunday, December 23, 1923 - Night scene - Howard Memorial Gate in High ParkNight scene - Howard Memorial Gate
(Categorized under: Howard Memorial Gates )
102 years ago - Sunday, December 23, 1923 - High Park at 198 Parkside Drive
Max temp: 4.4°C - Min temp: -1.7°C - 7.4cm of snowfall (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1925 Historic photo from Wednesday, December 23, 1925 - Old Ellis residence - Herne Hill - Swansea in SwanseaOld Ellis residence - Herne Hill - Swansea
(Categorized under: Herne hill )
100 years ago - Wednesday, December 23, 1925 - Swansea
Max temp: -1.7°C - Min temp: -11.1°C - 1.5cm of snowfall (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1932 Historic photo from Friday, December 23, 1932 - Sketch of the Destructor on Symes Rd. for the City of Toronto, Department of Buildings in HarwoodSketch of the Destructor on Symes Rd. for the City of Toronto, Department of Buildings
(Categorized under: Architectural drawings )
93 years ago - Friday, December 23, 1932 - Harwood at 150 Symes Road at Glen Scarlett Road
Max temp: 5.6°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1967 Historic photo from Saturday, December 23, 1967 - Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres - Peter Harris looking into the Winter Garden from the stage - closed since 1928 in Garden DistrictElgin and Winter Garden Theatres - Peter Harris looking into the Winter Garden from the stage - closed since 1928
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
58 years ago - Saturday, December 23, 1967 - Garden District at 189 Yonge Street
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1976 Historic photo from Thursday, December 23, 1976 - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Rectory, and Scadding House after construction of the Eaton Centre in DowntownHoly Trinity Anglican Church, Rectory, and Scadding House after construction of the Eaton Centre
49 years ago - Thursday, December 23, 1976 - Downtown at 6 Trinity Square
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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