Absolutely wonderful photos and photo links to a Toronto of the past.
The history of Toronto in photos is a post I've been toying with putting together for a while. Having spent considerable time digging through the digital holdings of the Toronto Archives, it just seemed to make sense to pull all of these various posts together into one place — hence the ambitious title. This is not, of course, an authoritative history of this city (far from from it), but the 90 some odd posts linked to below provide a thematically organized visual overview of Toronto that I hope will be worth a return visit or two for those interested in the city of yesteryear. I also have every intention of adding to this little archive as additional historical posts are published on the site.
The vast majority of the photographs featured below derive from the Toronto Archives, which means that should you see something that you really like, it's probably available for purchase from the source. For those interested in a less visually oriented take on Toronto history, there is also our Nostalgia Tripping series, which was designed to be a bit more about storytelling than just the photos.
After having scanned the links below, should you have ideas for other posts that you'd like us to pursue, I'd be grateful for the feedback/suggestions. Here is our ongoing history of Toronto in photos.
Lost Toronto
The top 10 buildings lost to demolition in Toronto
The lost trains stations of Toronto
The lost movie theatres of Toronto
The lost hotels of Toronto
The top 10 unbuilt projects in Toronto
The TTC
What TTC subway cars used to look like
What TTC buses used to look like in Toronto
A visual history of Toronto streetcars
The route the Toronto subway might have taken
Original renderings of TTC subway stations
What ever happened to the Queen Street subway line?
When the subway system was shiny and new
90 years of the TTC in photos and videos
A fond farewell to the TTC's fishbowl buses
Cityscape
What expressways used to look like in Toronto
What the suburbs used to look like around Toronto
What banks used to look like in Toronto
What the CNE used to look like
What Trinity Bellwoods Park used to look like
What sports stadiums used to look like in Toronto
What beaches used to look like in Toronto
What malls used to look like in Toronto
What grocery stores used to look like in Toronto
What gas stations used to look like in Toronto
What butcher shops used to look like in Toronto
What variety stores used to look like in Toronto
Streets and intersections
A visual history of Jarvis Street
A Visual history of Dupont Street
What King West looked like in the 1980s
What Yonge Street looked like in the 1970s
That time when Toronto widened the streets
A visual history of Queen and Bay
A visual history of Yonge and Queen
A visual history of Queen, King and Roncesvalles
A visual history of Yonge and Bloor
A visual history of Yonge and Dundas
Structures and buildings
The tragic fate of the Temple Building
A visual history of the Royal York Hotel
When Union Station was shiny and new
What City Hall might have looked like in Toronto
The CN Tower turns 35-years-old
The changing face of First Canadian Place
The birth of the Queen Street Subway (no, not that one)
The birth of the Bloor Viaduct
The birth of the Gardiner Expressway
When the Toronto skyline got its jolt of modernism
A look back at the birth of the SkyDome
The Eaton Centre turns 35 years old
A lesson in heritage restoration at Queen & Bathurst
How to research the history of your house or apartment
Non-TTC transportation
A visual history of the Railway Lands
A visual history of Toronto ferries
A visual history of Toronto taxicabs
Places / Neighbourhoods
A visual history of Kensington Market
A visual history of the Toronto Islands
When the Distillery District produced booze and bombs
That time Toronto filled in the harbour
What Queen's Quay looked like before the condos
What the Port Lands used to look like
What Liberty Village looked like before the condos
Vintage Toronto
Vintage signage in Toronto
Vintage signage in Toronto redux
Vintage photographs of Toronto at night
Vintage computers and technology in Toronto
Vintage photographs of snow in Toronto
Vintage photographs of winter in Toronto
Photographers
The Toronto of William James, the city's most prolific early photographer
The Toronto photographs of Ellis Wiley
The TTC photographs of Eric Trussler
The Toronto photographs of Arthur Goss
Art, maps and other documents
Toronto in art from the 1830s to the 1980s
The Detroit Publishing Company's Toronto photos
The 1856 panorama of Toronto
The Bird's Eye View of Toronto map
Goad's Fire Atlas of Toronto
Nostalgia tripping via vintage postcards
Vintage postcards redux
If you like historical maps of Toronto, go here
It wasn't always so rosy...
A look back at when Toronto was a city run on coal
A look back at when Toronto was kind of filthy
That time when Toronto was a city of parking lots
The great Toronto fire of 1904
Overviews
Aerial photographs of Toronto from the 1920s to the 1980s
The transformation of Toronto's skyline from 1880 to today
By decade
Toronto of the 1990s
Toronto of the 1980s
Toronto of the 1970s
Toronto of the 1960s
Toronto of the 1950s
Toronto of the 1940s
Toronto of the 1930s
Toronto of the 1920s
Toronto of the 1910s
Toronto of the 1900s
Toronto of the 1890s
Toronto of the 1880s
Toronto of the 1870s
Toronto of the 1860s
Toronto of the 1850s
Toronto prior to the 1850s
Other Toronto history resources
Toronto Archives
Ontario Archives
National Archives
Toronto Public Library
Toronto History on Flickr
The History of Toronto: An 11,000 Year Journey
Sites worth visiting for historical content
Heritage Toronto
Silent Toronto
Torontoist's Historicist series
Lost Toronto
Urban Toronto
Toronto Dreams Historical Ephemera Blog
Photos in this post derive from the Toronto Archives with the exception of the painting of a streetcar on Dundas, which is by Michel Binette ("Brush Strokes on Dundas Street" 1979).
The vast majority of the photographs featured below derive from the Toronto Archives, which means that should you see something that you really like, it's probably available for purchase from the source. For those interested in a less visually oriented take on Toronto history, there is also our Nostalgia Tripping series, which was designed to be a bit more about storytelling than just the photos.
After having scanned the links below, should you have ideas for other posts that you'd like us to pursue, I'd be grateful for the feedback/suggestions. Here is our ongoing history of Toronto in photos.
Lost Toronto
The top 10 buildings lost to demolition in Toronto
The lost trains stations of Toronto
The lost movie theatres of Toronto
The lost hotels of Toronto
The top 10 unbuilt projects in Toronto
The TTC
What TTC subway cars used to look like
What TTC buses used to look like in Toronto
A visual history of Toronto streetcars
The route the Toronto subway might have taken
Original renderings of TTC subway stations
What ever happened to the Queen Street subway line?
When the subway system was shiny and new
90 years of the TTC in photos and videos
A fond farewell to the TTC's fishbowl buses
Cityscape
What expressways used to look like in Toronto
What the suburbs used to look like around Toronto
What banks used to look like in Toronto
What the CNE used to look like
What Trinity Bellwoods Park used to look like
What sports stadiums used to look like in Toronto
What beaches used to look like in Toronto
What malls used to look like in Toronto
What grocery stores used to look like in Toronto
What gas stations used to look like in Toronto
What butcher shops used to look like in Toronto
What variety stores used to look like in Toronto
Streets and intersections
A visual history of Jarvis Street
A Visual history of Dupont Street
What King West looked like in the 1980s
What Yonge Street looked like in the 1970s
That time when Toronto widened the streets
A visual history of Queen and Bay
A visual history of Yonge and Queen
A visual history of Queen, King and Roncesvalles
A visual history of Yonge and Bloor
A visual history of Yonge and Dundas
Structures and buildings
The tragic fate of the Temple Building
A visual history of the Royal York Hotel
When Union Station was shiny and new
What City Hall might have looked like in Toronto
The CN Tower turns 35-years-old
The changing face of First Canadian Place
The birth of the Queen Street Subway (no, not that one)
The birth of the Bloor Viaduct
The birth of the Gardiner Expressway
When the Toronto skyline got its jolt of modernism
A look back at the birth of the SkyDome
The Eaton Centre turns 35 years old
A lesson in heritage restoration at Queen & Bathurst
How to research the history of your house or apartment
Non-TTC transportation
A visual history of the Railway Lands
A visual history of Toronto ferries
A visual history of Toronto taxicabs
Places / Neighbourhoods
A visual history of Kensington Market
A visual history of the Toronto Islands
When the Distillery District produced booze and bombs
That time Toronto filled in the harbour
What Queen's Quay looked like before the condos
What the Port Lands used to look like
What Liberty Village looked like before the condos
Vintage Toronto
Vintage signage in Toronto
Vintage signage in Toronto redux
Vintage photographs of Toronto at night
Vintage computers and technology in Toronto
Vintage photographs of snow in Toronto
Vintage photographs of winter in Toronto
Photographers
The Toronto of William James, the city's most prolific early photographer
The Toronto photographs of Ellis Wiley
The TTC photographs of Eric Trussler
The Toronto photographs of Arthur Goss
Art, maps and other documents
Toronto in art from the 1830s to the 1980s
The Detroit Publishing Company's Toronto photos
The 1856 panorama of Toronto
The Bird's Eye View of Toronto map
Goad's Fire Atlas of Toronto
Nostalgia tripping via vintage postcards
Vintage postcards redux
If you like historical maps of Toronto, go here
It wasn't always so rosy...
A look back at when Toronto was a city run on coal
A look back at when Toronto was kind of filthy
That time when Toronto was a city of parking lots
The great Toronto fire of 1904
Overviews
Aerial photographs of Toronto from the 1920s to the 1980s
The transformation of Toronto's skyline from 1880 to today
By decade
Toronto of the 1990s
Toronto of the 1980s
Toronto of the 1970s
Toronto of the 1960s
Toronto of the 1950s
Toronto of the 1940s
Toronto of the 1930s
Toronto of the 1920s
Toronto of the 1910s
Toronto of the 1900s
Toronto of the 1890s
Toronto of the 1880s
Toronto of the 1870s
Toronto of the 1860s
Toronto of the 1850s
Toronto prior to the 1850s
Other Toronto history resources
Toronto Archives
Ontario Archives
National Archives
Toronto Public Library
Toronto History on Flickr
The History of Toronto: An 11,000 Year Journey
Sites worth visiting for historical content
Heritage Toronto
Silent Toronto
Torontoist's Historicist series
Lost Toronto
Urban Toronto
Toronto Dreams Historical Ephemera Blog
Photos in this post derive from the Toronto Archives with the exception of the painting of a streetcar on Dundas, which is by Michel Binette ("Brush Strokes on Dundas Street" 1979).
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