Historic photos from around TorontoThere 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. How much snow was there at the end of March in 1916, for example?And so this page was born. It will always show a collection of photos from around Toronto over the last few weeks. You can also see all the historic photos for a given neighbourhood. A subset of the photos have also been arranged by subject.
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| November 10 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1915 |  | Carlton St. west from Sherbourne St. with Allan Garden to the left 111 years ago - Wednesday, November 10, 1915 - Garden District Max temp: 8.3°C - Min temp: -1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| November 9 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1911 |  | Spadina fill - construction of civic car line east of Bathurst 115 years ago - Thursday, November 9, 1911 - Forest Hill Max temp: 8.9°C - Min temp: 3.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1912 | | General view of Riverdale Park east side of Don river and playing field 114 years ago - Saturday, November 9, 1912 - Riverdale park Max temp: 8.9°C - Min temp: 2.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1917 |  | Condemned Houses - Southeast corner of Eastern Avenue and Trinity Street 109 years ago - Friday, November 9, 1917 - Distillery District at 43 Eastern Ave Max temp: 12.2°C - Min temp: -1.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1933 |  | Drawing of the fieldhouse in Grange Park for the Dept. of Parks (Categorized under: Architectural drawings ) 93 years ago - Thursday, November 9, 1933 - Art Gallery of Ontario at 317 Dundas Street West s.e. corner at Beverley Street Max temp: 1.1°C - Min temp: -2.2°C - 9.1cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1936 |  | Before - 38-44 Bright Street in disrepair 90 years ago - Monday, November 9, 1936 - Corktown at 38-44 Bright Street Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: 2.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1949 | | Spadina Avenue looking north from Glen Morris Street 77 years ago - Wednesday, November 9, 1949 - Huron Sussex Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1949 | | Spadina Avenue looking north from north of Washington Avenue - Dominion, Varsity Grill on Bloor 77 years ago - Wednesday, November 9, 1949 - Huron Sussex Max temp: 7.2°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| November 8 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1933 | | Clearing at the Symes Road destructor 93 years ago - Wednesday, November 8, 1933 - Harwood at 150 Symes Road at Glen Scarlett Road Max temp: 3.3°C - Min temp: -2.2°C - 0.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1933 |  | Partially completed Symes Road destructor 93 years ago - Wednesday, November 8, 1933 - Harwood at 150 Symes Road at Glen Scarlett Road Max temp: 3.3°C - Min temp: -2.2°C - 0.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1934 | | Pencil sketch of proposed fieldhouse, Wanless Park, for the Parks Dept. (Categorized under: Architectural drawings ) 92 years ago - Thursday, November 8, 1934 - Wanless Park at 250 Wanless Ave Max temp: 6.7°C - Min temp: 0.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1949 | | Centre hall house at 149 Inglewood Drive 77 years ago - Tuesday, November 8, 1949 - Moore Park Max temp: 16.7°C - Min temp: 8.3°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1969 | | University Avenue, looking south from north of Queen Street West 57 years ago - Saturday, November 8, 1969 - Downtown Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| November 7 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1924 | Mount Pleasant Loop for the streetcar - now Loring-Wyle Parkette (Categorized under: Streetcars and buses ) 102 years ago - Friday, November 7, 1924 - Moore Park at 276 St Clair Ave East at Mt Pleasant Rd Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada) |
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| 1942 | | Rosehill Reservoir water intake 84 years ago - Saturday, November 7, 1942 - Rosehill at 75 Rosehill Ave between St. Clair and Mt. Pleasant Max temp: 7.8°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1947 |  | People lined up along Shuter Street outside Massey Hall (Categorized under: Massey Hall ) 79 years ago - Friday, November 7, 1947 - Garden District at Shuter Street west of Victoria St Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
| 1964 |  | World War II memorial in rotunda of Osgoode Hall in 1964 (Categorized under: Osgoode Hall ) 62 years ago - Saturday, November 7, 1964 - City Hall at 130 Queen Street West n.e. corner at University Ave Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1973 | | Looking west from Yonge Street to Trinity Square (Now the Eaton Centre) 53 years ago - Wednesday, November 7, 1973 - Downtown Max temp: 6.7°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1981 | | Looking north on Bond Street with Bond Street Temple in the foreground, and St. Georges Greek Orthodox church farther north 45 years ago - Saturday, November 7, 1981 - Ryerson at 103 Bond Street (approx.) n.e corner at Dundas Street East Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| November 6 images permanent link to this day | ||
| 1903 | | Sheridan Avenue brick street 123 years ago - Friday, November 6, 1903 - Brockton Village Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: -2.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1903 | | Cobblestone (brick) on Sheridan Avenue 123 years ago - Friday, November 6, 1903 - Brockton Village Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: -2.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1914 | | Construction progress at the High level pumping station - smoke stack partially complete (Categorized under: High level pumping station ) 112 years ago - Friday, November 6, 1914 - Republic of Rathnelly at 25 Poplar Plains Road just north of Macpherson Ave Max temp: 8.3°C - Min temp: 2.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1924 | | St Clair and Bathurst, showing safety loading, from boulevard 102 years ago - Thursday, November 6, 1924 - Forest Hill Max temp: 18.9°C - Min temp: 6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1937 |  | De La Salle Institute, Duke Street (later Adelaide Street East), northeast corner of George Street, Toronto, Ontario (Categorized under: De La Salle ) 89 years ago - Saturday, November 6, 1937 - St. Lawrence at 258 Adelaide Street East n.e. corner at George Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |