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English: A selection of historic images of Toronto by year, from 1783 to 1945. For more images, see Category:Toronto by decade.
Français : Une sélection d'images historiques de Toronto par année, de 1783 à 1945. Pour plus d'images, voir Toronto par décennie.
1793[edit]
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Toronto harbour
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Toronto harbour looking west to what is now Bathurst Street
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The harbour looking west from the Don River
1798[edit]
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Notice to settlers on Yonge Street
1803[edit]
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The settlement at York, looking east from what is now Jarvis Street
1804[edit]
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Front Street in York
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Fort York
1808[edit]
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The Island lighthouse
1815[edit]
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Toronto Bay and Island
1828[edit]
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York from Gibraltar Point
1829[edit]
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York, Capital of Upper Canada
1834[edit]
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Looking east on King Street from York Street
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Upper Canada parliament buildings
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Celebrating the incorporation of the City of Toronto
1835[edit]
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King Street, looking east from Toronto Street
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North side of King Street, between Church and Toronto Streets
1836[edit]
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Curling on the Don River
1840[edit]
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Entrance to Toronto Harbour
1841[edit]
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Toronto's waterfront
1843[edit]
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Wharf at the new barracks
1847[edit]
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The "Coffin Block" building (predecessor to the Gooderham Flatiron Building)
1851[edit]
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View of Toronto from north
1854[edit]
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Toronto viewed from "top of jail"
1855[edit]
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Front elevation of Osgoode Hall
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View of Toronto's skyline
1856[edit]
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The Monarch steamship stranded off Toronto Island
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York Street with Osgoode Hall
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The Parliament Buildings on Front Street
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View from roof of Rossin Hotel
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King Street East looking west
1859[edit]
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Man and woman in garden
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St. James Cathedral
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Toronto's first Union Station
1860[edit]
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The Don Jail
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Looking east on King Street from St. Lawrence Hall
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St. Lawrence Hall and King Street looking west
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Yorkville as seen from the tower of the University
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Offices of the Globe newspaper on King Street
1861[edit]
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Survivors of the War of 1812 in Rosedale
1863[edit]
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Davenport railway station
1864[edit]
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Toronto Rolling Mills iron works
1865[edit]
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The Shakespeare Hotel at the northeast corner of King and York Streets
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Orangemen's Parade on King Street East
1867[edit]
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Provincial Asylum on Queen Street West
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Rossin House Hotel at the southeast corner of King and York Streets
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Great Western Railway station
1868[edit]
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Looking north from St. Lawrence Market
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Bank of Toronto at Church and Wellington Streets
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College Avenue (later University Avenue), looking north
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Post Office on Toronto Street
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Toronto City Hall
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Toronto Normal School
1869[edit]
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Prince Arthur turning the sod for a new railway in Weston
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Timothy Eaton's first store in Toronto
1870[edit]
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Looking south at Lake Ontario from Colborne Lodge
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View of Toronto from Union Station
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Great Library at Osgoode Hall
1871[edit]
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First Parliament of Ontario
1872[edit]
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Bank of Upper Canada on Adelaide Street
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Front Street west of Yonge Street
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The Golden Griffin Great Silk and Clothing House, one of Toronto's great shopping emporiums of the day
1873[edit]
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Toronto's second Union Station
1875[edit]
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King and Yonge Streets
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Tollkeeper's cottage, Davenport and Bathurst
1876[edit]
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A horse-drawn carriage on Front Street
1878[edit]
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Toronto Stock Exchange at King and Wellington Streets
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Map of Scarborough
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Map of Etobicoke
1880[edit]
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Stereocard view of the Yonge Street Wharf
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An early photo of the Simpson's department store at Yonge and Queen Streets
1883[edit]
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Members of the Toronto Police Force
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View of Toronto in 1883
1885[edit]
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The Grand Opera House on Adelaide Street
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Queen Street West at Yonge Street
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St. Lawrence Market
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Hanlan Hotel on the Toronto Islands
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Union Station
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Yonge Street looking north from Queen Street
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Yonge Street looking north from Front Street
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Intersection of Wellington, Church and Front Streets
1886[edit]
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Red Lion Inn on Yonge Street, north of Bloor Street
1887[edit]
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Architectural drawings of the proposed City Hall
1888[edit]
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Queen's Hotel on Front Street
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Horse-drawn streetcar in Parkdale
1890[edit]
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Bank of Montreal at Front and Yonge Streets
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The Confederation Life building on Richmond Street
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Cutting ice on the Don River
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King Street looking east from Church Street
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Toronto-Richmond Hill stage coach in front of the Green Bush Hotel at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue
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Victoria Row on King Street
1891[edit]
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Ontario Legislative Building under construction
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Yonge Street north of Queen Street
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A twelve-horse team pulling a snow sweeper
1893[edit]
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A card game in Long Branch
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A group of legislative pages at the Ontario Legislature
1894[edit]
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A poster for the Toronto Industrial Exhibition
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Erecting a telephone pole at King and Dufferin Streets
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Moore Avenue Station on the old Toronto Beltline
1895[edit]
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The Ontario Legislative Building, construction still incomplete
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Reservoir Park
1896[edit]
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A streetcar at Broadview and Danforth Avenues
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The Gooderham and Worts distillery
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Metropolitan and St. Michael's Cathedral churches
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The Toronto Armouries on University Avenue
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View from the roof of Orange Hall
1899[edit]
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A cyclist passing the new City Hall
1900[edit]
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King Street looking west
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Muddy Danforth Avenue
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Toronto Armouries
1901[edit]
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A barn raising in Lansing, North York Township
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Looking north on Bay Street
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Celebrating the end of the Boer War on Yonge Street
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Horse-drawn dairy delivery cart
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City Hall at night
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Toronto as seen from Lake Ontario
1902[edit]
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Dedication of the Robert Burns Monument in Allan Gardens
1903[edit]
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Jarvis Street
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Funeral procession for Oliver Mowat
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Statue of Queen Victoria at Queen's Park
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King and Yonge Streets
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Yonge Street looking north
1904[edit]
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The midway at the Canadian National Exhibition
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Flower and fruit show at St. Lawrence Market
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Viewing the aftermath of the Great Toronto Fire of 1904
1905[edit]
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Construction of Logan and Withrow Avenues
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Toronto Telegram newsboy
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The General Post Office on Adelaide Street
1906[edit]
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Sleighing party at Queen's Park
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Varsity Rugby champions
1907[edit]
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Children hitching a ride on a carriage
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Couple snowshoeing in High Park
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Crowd at Scarboro Beach Park
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Children cycling in Mimico
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Pushing a bicycle up muddy St. Clair Avenue
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Flagpole painter looking west along Front Street
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Hunters on Bathurst Street
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The diving Horse at Hanlan's Point
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Opening of the Canadian National Exhibition
1908[edit]
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The Customs House at Front and Yonge Streets
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Advertisement for Eaton's department store
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Government House
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Nasmiths Bread delivery wagon in Earlscourt
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Streetcar at Yonge and Queen Streets
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University Avenue
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Three men on a bench in Queen's Park
1909[edit]
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Spadina Avenue at Queen Street West
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Child and adult collecting coal
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Looking north on Church Street
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Butcher shop interior
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Simpson's mail order office
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Men curling
1910[edit]
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Women playing ice hockey outside Varsity Arena
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Arrival of immigrants at Union Station
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Comique Theatre on Yonge Street
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Herbalist on York Street
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Memorial service for King Edward at Massey Hall
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Shoppers crossing between Simpson's and Eaton's
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Sidewalk display of coal
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Yonge Street wharves
1911[edit]
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Opening ball of High Parl Curling and Lawn Bowling Club
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Home economics class
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Yonge Street stereoview
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Cows grazing at the Don River
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The wreckage of the first airplane crash in Toronto
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First meeting of the new City Council
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A flyer listing activities that were prohibited in Ontario on Sundays
1912[edit]
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Confederation Life Building on Richmond Street
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Horse-drawn fire wagon on Bloor Street
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Ice hockey players at Christie Pits
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Yonge and Eglinton
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Danforth and Broadview looking east
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Yonge Street north from Front Street
1913[edit]
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Group of swimmers at Hanlan's Point
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Union Station
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Arena Gardens
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Withrow Park
1914[edit]
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Crowds in front of Red Mill Theatre on Yonge Street
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Crowds wave farewell to troops at Union Station
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Recruits drilling at the Toronto Armouries
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Opening of Agincourt Public School
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Women walking on Eglinton Avenue at Bathurst Street
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The Torontos, the 1913-14 Stanley Cup champions
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A crowd at Sunnyside
1915[edit]
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Sir Robert Borden at a Victory Bond rally
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Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in Toronto
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Sunnyside station
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Troops marching on Yonge Street
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Yonge and King Streets
1916[edit]
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Prince Edward Viaduct under construction
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Prince Edward Viaduct under construction
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Barmen march in protest against prohibition
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North Toronto railway station
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Teenagers playing billiards at the Moss Park Recreation Centre
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Mount Pleasant Road looking south to Merton Street
1917[edit]
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Forging core of 75mm shells
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Skiing and snowballs in High Park
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Victory Bond billboard on College Street
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Gooderham and Worts Distillery
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Display of a tank at City Hall as part of a Victory Loan drive
1918[edit]
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The Eaton's Santa Claus Parade
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Eaton's store windows on Yonge Street
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Family reads newspaper announcing Armistice
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First air mail delivery in Canada
1919[edit]
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Troops return home
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Men reading the want ads
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Large Union Jack on Eaton's department store for Royal visit
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Toronto Harbour
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A strike meeting of streetcar drivers at Massey Hall
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King Edward Hotel
1920[edit]
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The Brunswick Meat Market
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Eaton's department store, mail order and factory buildings
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City Hall gargoyles
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Unidentified Toronto Maple Leafs player (Charlie Conacher?)
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The Green Bush Inn at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue
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Toronto Bay at Cherry Street
1921[edit]
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The Grand Opera House
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Shea's Hippodrome
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The McCaul Street Synagogue
1922[edit]
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A garbage pile on the waterfront
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A streetcar on Pape Avenue
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A horse and buggy in Kensington Market
1923[edit]
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Queen and Bay Streets
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Boys in front of a movie theatre on Dundas Street
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Hockey in Withrow Park
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Log cabin school on (what is now) Sheppard Avenue
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Keele and Dundas Streets
1924[edit]
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Sunnyside Beach
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Toronto Argonauts versus the Ottawa Rough Riders
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Queen Street looking east towards Yonge Street
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Noon hour traffic on Bay Street
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Opening of the Township of York street railway on Oakwood Avenue
1925[edit]
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Skiers in High Park
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Men standing on a utility pole at Danforth and Greenwood Avenues
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Lake Shore Boulevard in a snowstorm
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St. Matthews lawn bowling club in Riverdale
1926[edit]
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The Danforth Hockey Team
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The Palais Royale dance hall
1927[edit]
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York Street from the gates of Osgoode Hall
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Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King opens the Canadian National Exhibition
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The Prince of Wales at the official opening of Toronto's third (and current) Union Station
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The Horticultural Palace at the CNE
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City Hall decorated for Dominion Day, the "60-year Jubilee" of Confederation in 1867
1928[edit]
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A concession stand on the Toronto Islands
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The construction site for the Royal York Hotel
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The new Millwood Bridge
1929[edit]
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Sculpture Court of the Art Gallery of Ontario
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Toronto Cricket Team
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Front of the newly constructed Royal York Hotel
1930[edit]
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The Bank of Commerce building and the R-100 airship
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Queen's Park Circle looking north to Bloor Street
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Bayview and Lawrence Avenues
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Bloor Street
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Eaton's College Street
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Front and Yonge Streets
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Movie premiere at the Royal Alexandra
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View down Bay Street
1931[edit]
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Raising the last stone of the Canada Life building
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Fruit stand at Danforth and Logan Avenues
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Ontario College of Art
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The unemployed marching on Bathurst Street
1932[edit]
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Fountains on Centre Island
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Toronto Flying Club, Wilson Avenue, Downsview
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Chorley Park
1933[edit]
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View of Bay Street from City Hall
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Food line at the Yonge Street Mission
1934[edit]
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Maple Leaf Gardens
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Poster for Toronto's Centennial celebrations
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Kew Beach
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City Hall decorated for the Centennial celebrations
1935[edit]
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Kingston and Brimley Roads in Scarborough
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Eaton's carpet salesroom
1936[edit]
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Yonge Street at York Mills in North York Township
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Aerial view of Mimico
1937[edit]
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Toronto Star building on King Street
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Window shopping at Simpson's
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New trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange
1938[edit]
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Mary Pickford in the Toronto City Council chamber
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Unemployed sleeping in Queen's Park
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Yonge Street, south from Bloor Street
1939[edit]
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Toronto City Hall
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King and Queen proceed along a ceremonial route in Toronto
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Simpson's, Woolworths and Eaton's decorated for the Royal Visit
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The Dionne Quintuplets arrive in Toronto
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Conn Smythe enlisting in the armed forces
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Making army uniforms at Tip Top Tailors
1940[edit]
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Airmen training in Toronto
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Entrance to the QEW
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Fruit and vegetable store on Coxwell Avenue
1941[edit]
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Munitions worker
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Wartime rally at Maple Leaf Gardens
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Lady Eaton presents a cheque to the Canadian Red Cross
1942[edit]
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Aerial view of old City Hall
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Telegraph office
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Maple Leafs versus the Red Wings
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Miss War Worker Beauty Contest at the CNE
1943[edit]
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Buying food with ration coupons
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Streetcars in front of Union Station
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Skyline from the harbour
1944[edit]
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Globe and Mail staff await news of the D-Day invasion
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Toronto Island Airport
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Launching of the 1000th Canadian-built vessel
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Main Street on Centre Island
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Milkman on the Toronto Islands
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Munitions workers
1945[edit]
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Fibber McGee and Molly at a Victory Loan Rally in Maple Leaf Gardens
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Selling Victory Bonds
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War Savings parade
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New housing for war workers in North York
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VE Day on Bay Street
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