Historic Toronto photos from January 1

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 January 1: wholemap.com/Jan1

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.

 
 

1930		St. Michaels Cathedral interior - St. Theresa Phi Little Flower (Categorized under: St Michaels Cathedral ) 96 years ago - Wednesday, January 1, 1930 - Garden District at 65 Bond Street north side of Shuter Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1935		Looking north-easterly up Bathurst St. from top of new concrete bridge on Old Forest Hill Rd. 91 years ago - Tuesday, January 1, 1935 - Forest Hill Max temp: 1.1°C - Min temp: -7.8°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1955		Leaside Airfield 71 years ago - Saturday, January 1, 1955 - Leaside at 76 Brentcliffe Road at Broadway Ave Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C - 1.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		Leaside Post office 71 years ago - Saturday, January 1, 1955 - Leaside Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C - 1.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		South west corner of Eglinton Avenue E., looking east across Laird Drive where the LRT station is now 71 years ago - Saturday, January 1, 1955 - Leaside at 809 Eglinton Ave East s.w. corner at Laird Drive Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C - 1.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		Manton Florist and greenhouses - run by Thomas Manton, across from the Blythdale Greenbelt at Blythwood and Stratford Crescent 71 years ago - Saturday, January 1, 1955 - Sherwood Park at 502 Blythwood Road n.e. corner at Stratford Crescent Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C - 1.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		Thomas Manton house next to his greenhouses on Blythwood Road 71 years ago - Saturday, January 1, 1955 - Sherwood Park at 502 Blythwood Road n.e. corner at Stratford Crescent Max temp: 5.0°C - Min temp: 1.7°C - 1.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1964		Town Tavern sign on the corner of Queen and Victoria Sts with Old City Hall in the distance (Categorized under: Live music ) 62 years ago - Wednesday, January 1, 1964 - Downtown at 16 Queen Street East n.w. corner at Victoria Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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