Historic Toronto photos from December 25

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 25: wholemap.com/Dec25

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.

 
 

1908		Old St. Charles Hotel Christmas display, Yonge and King (Categorized under: Hotels ) 118 years ago - Friday, December 25, 1908 - Downtown Max temp: 4.4°C - Min temp: 1.1°C - 2.0cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1910		James family making Christmas pudding - Norman, Frank, Joe, Mother, Sis. (from left to right) 116 years ago - Sunday, December 25, 1910 - Grange Park at 39 Huron Street south of Grange Ave. Max temp: -4.4°C - Min temp: -13.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1913		James family having Christmas dinner at 39 Huron 113 years ago - Thursday, December 25, 1913 - Grange Park Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1920		North York market Christmas display 106 years ago - Saturday, December 25, 1920 - Teddington Park at 3501 Yonge Street Max temp: -5.6°C - Min temp: -10.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1925		Christmas day horses at the Howard Memorial Gates (Categorized under: Howard Memorial Gates ) 101 years ago - Friday, December 25, 1925 - High Park at 198 Parkside Drive Max temp: -2.8°C - Min temp: -11.1°C - 5.1cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Looking south on Yonge St at 2PM opposite centre line of Trinity Square traffic every afternoon for days before Christmas; 91 years ago - Wednesday, December 25, 1935 - Downtown Max temp: -10.0°C - Min temp: -12.8°C - 1.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1955		Necropolis Cemetery - High Victorian Gothic architecture by Henry Langley - 200 Winchester St. 71 years ago - Sunday, December 25, 1955 - Riverdale park Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: -1.7°C - 4.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		Looking under the railway bridge west across the Don Valley Brick Works with 4 smoke stacks 71 years ago - Sunday, December 25, 1955 - Don Valley Brickworks at 550 Bayview Ave south of Pottery Road Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: -1.7°C - 4.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1958		Christmas bus on Eglinton Avenue East at Laird - Andrews Manor 68 years ago - Thursday, December 25, 1958 - Leaside at 896 Eglinton Ave East Max temp: -6.7°C - Min temp: -15.0°C - 3.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
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