Historic Toronto photos from Queens Park

Queen's Park is a short stretch of road, north of Queens Park Crescent West which runs south, and Queens Park Crescent East which runs north, ending at Bloor Street West where it becomes Avenue Road

But in this short distance it runs past Museum Subway Station and the Royal Ontario Museum

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The complete list of streets is available here. And don't forget the photos by date and photos by neighbourhood pages.

90 Queens Park, Toronto in Royal Ontario Museum

Falconer Hall - eastern building next to the ROM - torn down for McLaughlin Planetarium

Photo from 68 years ago in 1957 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Press conference unveiling the McLaughlin Planetarium designed by architects Allward and Gouinlock

Photo from 60 years ago on September 15th, 1965 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Press conference unveiling model of the Zeiss planetarium projector for the McLaughlin Planetarium

Photo from 60 years ago on September 15th, 1965 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Colonel Samuel McLaughlin (left) on his 94th birthday celebration at the McLaughlin Planetarium press conference

Photo from 60 years ago on September 15th, 1965 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Cut away view of the McLaughlin Planetarium model

Photo from 60 years ago on September 15th, 1965 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Round cement base ready for iconic McLauglin Planetarium dome in 1967

Photo from 58 years ago on December 12th, 1967 at Latitude: 43.666947° N, Longitude: -79.394133° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Aerial view of the McLaughlin Planetarium, Royal Ontario Museum, and U of T Varsity Stadium

Photo from 57 years ago in 1968 at Latitude: 43.667041° N, Longitude: -79.394020° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium opening - round ball display cases

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium opening - rounded wall of Astrocentre Gallery with lunar lander exhibit

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium electro-mechanical Zeiss planetarium projector or star projector

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium control board

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium scale of the planets

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

McLaughlin Planetarium exhibits

Photo from 57 years ago on October 24th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.667062° N, Longitude: -79.393877° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Shedding the plastic coating over the new dome of the McLaughlin Planetarium

Photo from 57 years ago on April 19th, 1968 at Latitude: 43.666947° N, Longitude: -79.394133° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Summer patio with umbrellas in front of the McLaughlin Planetarium

Photo from 55 years ago on June 17th, 1970 at Latitude: 43.667069° N, Longitude: -79.393774° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

Full view of the projector at the McLaughlin Planetarium

Photo from 48 years ago in 1977 at Latitude: 43.667034° N, Longitude: -79.394099° W Categorized under: McLaughlin Planetarium

100 Queens Park, Toronto in Royal Ontario Museum

Royal Ontario Museum south elevation

Photo from 103 years ago in 1922 at Latitude: 43.667592° N, Longitude: -79.395211° W

Carbrook estate standing to our left of the original ROM building in 1929

Photo from 96 years ago on April 25th, 1929 at Latitude: 43.668011° N, Longitude: -79.395661° W Categorized under: Estates and Houses --- Ornamental gate

Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street West and Avenue Road, looking south

Photo from 95 years ago in 1930 at Latitude: 43.669082° N, Longitude: -79.394277° W Categorized under: Alexandra Gates

Looking across site of new ROM wing towards Victoria College

Photo from 95 years ago on November 1st, 1930 at Latitude: 43.668058° N, Longitude: -79.394696° W

Chinese tomb, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

Photo from 92 years ago on July 13th, 1933 at Latitude: 43.667794° N, Longitude: -79.394985° W

Dinosaur skeleton: Corythosaurus intermedius

Photo from 92 years ago on June 13th, 1933 at Latitude: 43.667833° N, Longitude: -79.394782° W

Royal Ontario Museum, looking south along the east facade in a neo-Byzantine style

Photo from 90 years ago in 1935 at Latitude: 43.668106° N, Longitude: -79.394152° W

Standing on the roof of the ROM looking south past the Ontario Legislature (Ingenium Archives, CN Images of Canada Collection, 40110)

Photo from 88 years ago in 1937 at Latitude: 43.667857° N, Longitude: -79.394455° W

Royal Ontario Museum with Alexandra Gates still in original location

Photo from 68 years ago on June 25th, 1957 at Latitude: 43.668609° N, Longitude: -79.394149° W Categorized under: Alexandra Gates

Portrait of a boy on a bench in front of the painting The Hunters Camp by Arthur Heming, 1919

Photo from 68 years ago in 1957 at Latitude: 43.667850° N, Longitude: -79.394349° W Categorized under: Portraits

125 Queens Park, Toronto in Royal Ontario Museum

Bathers in the Household Science Building pool - the Neoclassical Lillian Massey Building by architect George Miller

Photo from 110 years ago in 1915 at Latitude: 43.668547° N, Longitude: -79.393837° W