Historic Toronto Street Portraits

Not classic studio portraits, but photos that captured people on the street. In the earlier years a camera was a novelty, so people would often gather around just to be in the photo. Unintentional at the time, these days it is called Black and white street photography. 
 

List of all subjects. You can also see all the historic photos for a given neighbourhood. We also have a list of all the photos arranged by date.

1899		Tunnel opposite 29, 31, 33 Gladstone Avenue 125 years ago - Beaconsfield Village - Sunday, October 15, 1899 Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1902		Woman sitting outside College Street Baptist Church (506 College Street) 122 years ago - Little Italy (College St) - Tuesday, October 7, 1902 Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1904		Man in hat at the Grand Trunk Railway crossing Dunn Avenue 120 years ago - Parkdale - Thursday, October 6, 1904 Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1916		Slum interior (kitchen), 131 Nairn Avenue 108 years ago - Little Italy (St. Clair) - Friday, March 10, 1916 Max temp: 1.7°C - Min temp: -8.9°C - 1.8cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923		Looking west on Dundas, from Bellwoods with boy 101 years ago - Trinity Bellwoods - Wednesday, June 13, 1923 Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1931		Irwin party, R.Y., John H. Boyd and Marjorie Laing, camera 93 years ago - - Saturday, March 28, 1931 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1936		717 Ossington Avenue - boy with attitude 88 years ago - Bickford Park - Thursday, April 9, 1936 Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1937		Re-built - rear 16-18 Power Street 87 years ago - Corktown - Tuesday, September 7, 1937 Max temp: 22.2°C - Min temp: 9.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1953		Beth Lida Synagogue - for Sale - Cong. Shearith Israel Anshei Lida in Hebrew above the door - 239 Augusta Avenue 71 years ago - Kensington Market - 1953 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1957		Portrait of a boy on a bench in front of the painting The Hunters Camp by Arthur Heming, 1919 67 years ago - Royal Ontario Museum - 1957 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1965		Kensington fruit market - hanging bananas - looking east to Spadina along St. Andrews from Kensington Ave - house is now missing top dormers 59 years ago - Kensington Market - Sunday, October 10, 1965 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1969		Crowds in front of Peoples Credit Jewellers, Yonge Street just north of Queen 55 years ago - Downtown - 1969 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)