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Old Photographs of Dundas Street in Toronto (1900-1980)

Joel Levy — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:43:14 +0000

Have you ever wondered what life was like on your city’s streets centuries ago? How the hustle and bustle, the people, and the architecture have evolved over time? Well, I recently embarked on a fascinating journey, exploring the depths of Toronto’s rich history by delving into the treasure trove that is the Toronto Archives’ photo collection.

1900 – 1930 – Looking West on Dundas Street from Centre Avenue to University Avenue

During my virtual expedition, I stumbled upon an exquisite gallery of images featuring Dundas Street, one of Toronto’s most iconic and historically significant thoroughfares, captured between the years 1900 through to the 1980s. This delightful discovery now offers us a precious glimpse into the past, allowing us to travel back in time and witness the transformation of this vibrant street through the decades.

The Toronto Archives houses an incredible collection of photographs, documents, and records that paint an intricate picture of our city’s heritage. Not only are these images available to browse, but they can also be purchased, giving us the opportunity to own a piece of Toronto’s past and embrace our connection to the generations before us.

1907 – Lansdowne Avenue, looking north to Dundas Street

There’s something undeniably captivating about gazing at old photographs from your city. It’s like peering through a mystical window, where time dissolves, and the stories of those who came before us come alive. Scrolling through snapshots of Dundas Street’s evolution, you’ll witness the humble beginnings of horse-drawn carriages and bustling marketplaces, the birth of the electric streetcar system, and the eventual emergence of the modern metropolis we now call home.

So, what’s the story behind Dundas Street, you may wonder? Named after Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe’s friend, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, this iconic street has played an integral role in shaping Toronto’s identity. Stretching across the city and commanding a prominent place in its history, Dundas Street stands as a testament to our collective heritage and the ever-changing landscape that has molded our city into what it is today.

Join me on this immersive journey as we explore the photographs and memories of Dundas Street held within the Toronto Archives. Prepare to be transported through time, to a place where history intertwines with the present, and the past whispers its secrets, waiting to be rediscovered by those curious enough to listen.

1907 – Lansdowne Avenue, west side south of Dundas Street

1908 – Colonel George T. Dennison’s coaches, Dundas Street West

1908 – Northeast corner of University Avenue and Dundas Street West

1909? – Wooden walkway from Dundas Street to Art Gallery

1910? – photograph taken of the north-east corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street

1911 – Church Street north at Wilton Street (Dundas Street) Track laying

1912 – Dundas Street south of Humberside track allowance copy

1912 – Dundas Street south of Humberside track allowance

1912 – Dundas Street West at Royce Avenue (Peacock Hotel)

1912 – Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas Street looking north

1912 – Runnymede crossing south to Dundas Street

1914 – Dundas and Elizabeth streets

1916 – Dundas Street west at Clendenan Avenue

1917 – Dundas Street and Ossington Avenue – track allowance

1917 – Dundas Street looking east to Ossington Avenue

1917 – Dundas Street track reconstruction – Ossington Avenue to Lansdowne Avenue

1919 – Bond Street and Dundas Street looking south

1919 – Dundas Street west from Bond Street

1919 – Dundas Street, looking east to St. Patrick Street

1920 – 1926 – billboard located on the north side of Dundas Street East, east of Yonge Street. View is looking south-east.

1920 – 1926 – photograph of a painted wall advertisement on the side of a building located at the north-west corner of Dundas Street West and St. Patrick Street.

1920 – 1926 – photograph of two painted wall advertisements on the side of a building occupied by Joseph F. Crummey, Upholsterer, 377 Dundas Street East, at Ontario Street, south-east corner.

1920 – Ossington Avenue looking south of Dundas Street

1921 – Garage, Dundas Street

1922 – 38 to 50 Dundas Street East

1922 – Michaelson’s East End Bargain House, 310 Parliament Street, at Dundas Street East, lit with Humphrey gas arc lamps

1922 – Old Country Furniture store, southwest corner of Dundas Street and Pacific Avenue

1923 – 1615 Dundas Street West – oil tanks

1923 – Canadian Electric Diners Limited

1927 – Corner of Bloor Street West and Dundas Street West

1928 – Northeast corner Dundas and Bay streets – Bay Street widening

1928 – Southwest corner of Pacific Avenue and Dundas Street

1929 – 1930 – photograph of a rooftop billboard location, Yonge Street, at Dundas Sttreet East, south-east corner. View is looking south-east.

1929 – Centre Avenue and Dundas Street

1929 – Traffic stopped for passing steam locomotive at level crossing

1930 – “Telegram” paper box at 59 Dundas Street East

1930 – 1935 – photograph of signage at a service station, Dundas Street East, east of Jarvis Street.

1930 – 1935 – photograph of two rooftop billboards atop a building located at the south-west corner of Bay Street and Dundas Street West.

1930 – Red Indian station, Beauford Road and Dundas Street

1930 – Southeast corner Dundas Street and Brock Avenue

1934 – 786 Dundas Street West

1935 – Apollo Theatre

1935 – Dundas Street, south side, east, at Parkway

1937 – 1939 – photograph of a rooftop electric sign. View is looking east along Dundas Street West towards Yonge Street.

1937 – 1939 – photograph of storefront signage, 2871-2873 Dundas Street West.

1937 – Dundas Street East, looking east, past River Street

1939 – 1778-1780 Dundas Street West — College Street Extension

1940 – Southeast corner Dundas Street and University Avenue

1950 – Firehall No. 7 and police station at 468-470 Dundas Street East

1951 – Dundas and Dufferin street – intersection looking east

1953 – Dundas Street West, looking west from Bathurst Street copy

1953 – Dundas Street West, looking west from Bathurst Street

1954 – Dundas Street East looking east from 100′ west of Broadview Avenue

1954 – Dundas Street West

1957 – Dundas Street West, looking north from Chelsea

1960 – College Street looking west to Dundas Street

1960 – Dundas Street West, looking east from Sorauren

1960 – Dundas Street West, looking west from Sorauren

1960? – 568-574 Dundas Street

1960? – 625 Dundas Street

1966 – Alexandra Park- Dundas Street-1

1968 – Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West intersection-1

1970-1972 – Yonge Street and Dundas Street, looking east

1970-1988 – Street signs at Dundas and Coolmine

1972 – 1986 – Houses at 388 to 406 Dundas Street East

1972 – 1987 – Dundas Street, looking north-east to Mutual Street

1972 – Corner of Beverley Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street, looking north-east

1972 – Corner of Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of Church Street and Dundas Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of Dalhousie Street and Dundas Street, looking north-east

1972 – Corner of Dalhousie Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Dundas Street and Larch Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of Dundas Street and Victoria Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Dundas Street and Victoria Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of Dundas Street and Victoria Street, looking south-west

1972 – Corner of Huron Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Jarvis Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west, showing the Hotel Warwick

1972 – Corner of Mutual Street and Dundas Street, looking north-east

1972 – Corner of Parliament Street and Dundas Street, looking north-east

1972 – Corner of Parliament Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Parliament Street and Dundas Street, looking south-west

1972 – Corner of Pembroke Street and Dundas Street, looking south-west

1972 – Corner of Sherbourne Street and Dundas Street, looking north-west

1972 – Corner of Sherbourne Street and Dundas Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street, looking north-east

1972 – Corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street, looking south-east

1972 – Corner of University Avenue and Dundas Street, looking north

1974 – Ford Hotel – under demolition – view west on Dundas Street at Yonge Street

1977 – 1983 – Yonge Street, looking south to Dundas Street

1977-1982 – Street vendor on Yonge Street at Dundas Street

1978 – 1980 – Yonge Street, looking south from Dundas Square

1978-1980 – Yonge Street, looking north from Dundas Square

1980-1989 – Streetcar loading at Dundas Street, looking east from Yonge Street

1980? – Annette Street and Dundas Street West

1980? – Dundas Street West, looking east to University Avenue

1980? – Dundas Street West, looking south-east to University Avenue

1980? – Toronto Police Services 52 Division on Dundas Street looking east from St. Patrick Street

1981 – Bond Street Temple – northeast corner at Dundas Street

1981 – Toronto Western Hospital – view on Bathurst Street, near Dundas Street

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Vintage Photographs from along King Street in Toronto

Joel Levy — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 04:20:12 +0000

Seeing neighbourhoods you know almost magically transformed into its previous self is an amazing part of photography and the documentation of our cities. The Toronto Archives are a treasure trove of such images, some dating back to the mid 1800s. We have shared images from Queen Street, both Part 1 and Part 2, and have shared some of Toronto’s old storefronts. For this curated collection of vintage photographs from Toronto, we took a look along King Street to see what is was once like.

1834 – View of King Street East, drawing

1835 – King looking east from Toronto Street, drawing

1847 – King East looking east to Church; drawing

1856 – King St. East, south-side between Yonge and Church streets, looking east

1856 – King St. East, south-side, looking west.

1866 – Northwest corner of Yonge and King streets

1870 – 145 King Street East

1875 – King St. at Yonge Street, looking east

1885 – 1895 – King St. W., Toronto

1885 – 1895 – King St. East, south side, east of Church Street

1888 – Two horse car, taken at King and Queen Sts

1890? – Interior of Bilton Bros ltd. mens clothing store at 103 King St. West.
On the left is Thomas Bilton who started the firm in 1885

1890? – Taken from opposite #255 King St. West

1890? – Yonge Street and King St.

1897 – King St. – west from Yonge

1900 – June 23 – King St. East at Don showing old and new grade

1903 – November 2nd – King St. and Don Esplanade

1903 – November 2nd – King St. and Don Esplanade copy

1903 – November 12 – King St. and Cowan Avenue

1903 – November 12 – King St east of Wilson

1903 – November 12 – King St. opposite Wilson

1903 – November 12 – King Street west of Beaty

1903 – October 2nd – King St.

Creator: Unknown
1903 – October 2nd – King St. and Don Esplanade

1904 – March 9 – King St. east of Church Street

1908 – The British Hotel at the north-east corner of Simcoe and King St.

1910 – 1912 – King St. East at Yonge Street, looking east

1910 – Bay Street , looking north from King St.

1910 – September 12 – Close-up of Don Station (C.N.R.) Queen Street – King St. intersection

1911 – January 29 – Slum interior, occupied – 318 King St. East

1911 – November 24 – Sidewalk 66-68 King St. West

1911 – October 16 – King St. looking east to Don Bridge from car barns

1911 – October 18 – Yonge Street north from King 130

1911 – Signs in window of the Toronto Star building, King St. West

1912 – April 23 – King St. at St. Lawrence Street east to Don River

1912 – Bay Street, looking north from King St. West

1912 – February 23 – Interior of old house on north side of King St. East

1912 – February 23 – Old building on King St. East near St. Lawrence

1912 – February 26 – Interior, occupied – slum house on north side of King St. East

1912 – Government House, Residence of Lieutenant Governor, King St. and Simcoe Street

1912 – King St.

1912 – King St. West, south side, looking east from York Street

1912 – March 26 – Missing number. T.R. Co. Fire at King St. barn

1912 – Northeast corner of King St. and Yonge Street

1912 – September 16 – Bay Street looking south across King St.

1912 – Two bank messengers, King St. West

1912 – Two bank messengers, King St. West 2

1913 – June 4 – 512-516 King St. East

1913 – The Molson Bank, Cawthra House, King St. and Bay Street

1914 – April 30 – North American Life Building, No. 112-118 King St. West

1914 – June 8 – King & Yonge

1914 – June 8 – Southwest corner King and Yonge

1914 – June 11 – King and Yonge

1914 – September 17 – King St. and Queen Street intersection, Sunnyside, Ocean House Hotel

1915 – February 11 – King St. yard

1915 – May 19 – East side Bathurst Street north of King St.

1917 – May 15 – Rear of 234 King St. East

1917 – November 2 – Rear view of slum at 797 King St. West

1917 – November 2 – Slum Housing – 650-656 King St. West

1917 – October 1 -Condemned houses 372 to 376 King St. East

1917 – October 22 – 355 – 359 King St. East

1917 – September 28 – Condemned house – 575 King St. West

1919 – King St., looking east toward York Street

1919 – March 19 – 756-758 King St. West

1919 – September 10 – Aerial view of Toronto from south of Toronto Harbour Commission building – King St. East at Bay Street

1920 – King St. at Leader Lane

1920 – King St. West, looking northeast from Simcoe Street

1920 – Manufacturers Life Building, Yonge Street at King St. West, north-west corner

1924 – Bay St, showing no parking, on east side, Saturday, after 12 noon

1924 – December 24 – Noon hour traffic, Yonge Street looking north from King St.

1927 – 1947 – Brant Street Public School

1927 – February 2 – Crawford Street at King St. 505pm Streetcar line up

1927 – North side of King St. West, looking east to Bay Street

1930 – November 18 – 175 King St. West – University Avenue Extension

1930? – King St. West near York Street

1935 – April 16 – King Street West, looking west to Wilson Avenue

1936 – November 9 – 472-474 King St. & 2 Sumach Street

1936 – November 9 – 480-482 King St. East

1937 – January 9 – 372-374 King St. East

1937 – January 9 – Power Street from northwest corner of King St. to NO. 10

1937 – March 3 – 531 King St. East

1937 – September 7 – 480, 482 King St. East

1939 – Queen Street West, looking west from Yonge Street

1940? – King St. West and Bay Street

1949 – July 12 – Peter Street north from south side of King Street.

1950 – King St. West

1950 – March 18 – Road work, Yonge Street at King St.

1950 – St. James Cathedral at 106 King Street East

1950? – Aerial view of downtown Toronto, looking east along King Street

1950? – King St. East and Yonge Street

1950? – King Street East near Yonge Street

1958 – January – Jarvis Street looking north from King St.

If you are interested in looking at more vintage photo galleries, visit our archives here.

You can also check out the Toronto Archives to buy prints for your home or for gifts. Check out their website here.

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Curated Collection of Vintage Photographs of Paramedics and Ambulances

Joel Levy — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:28:08 +0000

We have shared an album of police officers, one of firefighters and their trucks, this week we are sharing vintage photographs of paramedics and their vehicles over the past 100 years.

We love searching through the Toronto Archives and the Toronto Public Library Digital Archives to find a glimpse of our city’s and our province’s past. For each post, we choose a subject and then see what kinds of images we can find to share. Many images are available for sale if you wish to make them a print for your home.

Let us know what interesting things you see in the images via social media.

1902 – Group of men posing outside of the ramparts with cannon and ambulance

1905 – H. Ellis private ambulance

1911 – St. John Ambulance women

1911 – The Manchester of Canada, Oshawa illustrated.

1912 – 1914 – Ambulance given to the Toronto General Hospital by Sir John Eaton

1914 – Ambulance at rear of trek party

1915 – Canadian Red Cross ambulance

1923 – aug 19 – Wawa Hotel, putting injured in ambulance

1925 – July 7 – St John’s Ambulance Corps, (Personnel Department)

1927 – aug 30 – C.N.E., Prince of Wales shaking hands in ambulance

1928 – Morris 6-wheeled ambulance, side

1928 – sept 19 – Morris 6-wheeled ambulance, front

1929 – march 22 – New police ambulance, front

1929 – march 22 – New police ambulance, rear

1946 – Kevin W Moore – city council was considering the purchase of an ambulance when Schram arrived to solve the problem. Using his army re-establishment credit and gratuities; he purchased this Red Cross ambulance.

1962 – North York Ambulance

1967 – Boris Spremo – Ambulance and police are shown outside the Sherman Court bungalow where Salvatori Sammy Triumbari; 45; was gunned to death at dawn today.

1967 – Norman James – The 106-bed Wingham district hospital and Ambulance. It has no resident doctor. Doctors are there from 9 a.m. to noon

1971 – Fred Ross – Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was found dead; and 11 were injured; apparently by prisoners; before the riot ended.

1972 – Geo, Mario – A potential client looks over the new ambulance operated by the society for animals in distress. Around-the-clock service is provided for sick or injured pets in Metro and the surrounding area for a minimum charge of 88

1974 – Erin, Combs – Canada – Ontario – Toronto – Metro – Ambulance Service

1974 – Nov 16 – St. John’s Ambulance and crowd at Avenue and Bloor – Santa Claus Parade

1975 – July 8 – ambulance at CN Tower fire

1977 – Colin McConnell – Emergency patient is loaded onto a government ambulance for transport to a Toronto hospital.

1977 – Colin McConnell – new helicopter announced by Ontario Health Ministry will be used to transfer patients within 115 miles of Toronto. The helicopters will be based in Buttonville airport

1978 – Graham Bezant – Fire trucks; ambulances; police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of the crash has not been determined; an Air Canada official said

1979 – Jeff Goode – Some of the more than 85 ambulances; from as far away as Kingston; wait in line yesterday to move out patients from Mississauga General Hospital.

1980 – Ron Bull – Ambulance driver Henry Laurin (left) and attendant Ike Campbell, who spared no horses on the Adair mercy dash, making the 90 miles from Midland to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 79 minutes

1981 – july 8 – View of crowds and ambulance crew on King Street West during building fire

1983 – Don Dutton – An ambulance bus was on hand yesterday when Metro police, after a lengthy undercover investigation, raided Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic on Harbord St. at 11.30 a.m.

1985 – Don Dutton – Workers from a North York firm receive oxygen from ambulance attendants toxic gas was created when a worker mixed two chemicals; thinking them to be the same. The resulting gas infiltrated the ventilation system

1986 – Bernard Weil – Metro paramedics and ambulance crews are front-line pros in a crisis

1988 – Sharon Noriss; who accompanied a premature baby being transported from Oshawa; rolls the incubator across the rooftop. Below; from left; are pilots Alex Gontier & Porus Dinshaw; paramedic Steve Deuchars & ambulance attendant Scott Andrews

1989 – Ambulance workers, a nurse and a policeman wheel Sofia Cook, 23, of Brampton into Toronto General Hospital yesterday after she was shot by police.

1991 – Don Dutton – Police officers and attendants take wounded officer to waiting ambulance that took him to Toronto Western Hospital last night.

1993 – Keith Beaty – Fred; the cat; gets some oxygen from ambulance attendant Steve Henderson; after being rescued yesterday by Toronto firefighters at a fire at D’Arcy St. Taoist temple in Chinatown

1996 – Henry Stancu – Ambulance crews load an injured man into an air ambulance yesterday at Black Creek Pioneer Village at Jane St. and Steeles Ave.

Find more images on the Toronto Archives and the Toronto Public Library Digital Archive.

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A Curated Collection of Old Hockey Photographs from Toronto

Joel Levy — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:51:27 +0000

For my latest collection of vintage pics, I thought I would find some old hockey photographs from the Toronto area and share some of them with our readers.

Many of the shinny parks we know today like Withrow, Riverdale and Christie Pitts have been long time winter gathering spots for our unofficial national sport. There are also spots on the Toronto Islands that have been used for a pick-up game or two.

I have also included several photographs from Maple Leaf Gardens, the Toronto Maple Leafs and of Team Canada during the Summit Series in 1972.

Check out the photos and let us know on social media what you find.

1900 – Riverdale Park

1909? – Skaters and workmen at Christie Pits

1909? – Skaters at Christie Pits

1910 – Women playing hockey in Varsity Arena

1910? – Women playing hockey, Victoria University

1912 – Professional hockey players, Christie Pits

1912 – Professional hockey players, Christie Pits copy

1912 – Women playing hockey

1912 – Women’s hockey team, University of Toronto

1915 – January 30 – St. Clair car barns

1923 – February 10 – Withrow Park — Ice Hockey

1926 – December 3rd – United Church – St. Patrick’s hockey team – group of four

1927 – January 1st – Hockey Game – High Park

1927 – March 2nd – South Porcupine Hockey Team

1928 – January 11 – Cree and Ojibway hockey teams

1931 – November 12 – Maple Leaf Gardens, action on ice

1934 – February 2nd – Riverdale Park – hockey rinks General Steel Wares Building in background

1934 – February 2nd – Willowvale Park – Hockey rinks

1946? – Hockey game, Maple Leaf Gardens

1947 – November 8th – Toronto New York hockey, fight

1947 – November 15 – Toronto Detroit hockey, action

1948 – March 27 – Toronto Boston playoff hockey action

1950? – Ice hockey

1950? – Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game, Maple Leaf Gardens

1962 – Goulding Park

1968? – Playing hockey on Centre Island

1970 – Rebuilding of Leafs is personified by these rookies Brian Marchinko Darryl Sittler Bob Liddington.

1970? – Darryl Sittler and Rosemarie for March of Dimes Put Yourself in the Picture campaign, Maple Leaf Gardens

1972 – Sports – Hockey – Team Canada – Games – Montreal (1972)

1973 – Metro’s biggest hockey rink is at Michael Coyle’s disposal as he skates by himself with a hockey stick and puck in the middle of the lagoon off Algonquin Island

Check out more old hockey photographs on the Toronto Archives.

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A Collection of Vintage Yonge Street Photographs from 1850 – 1950

Joel Levy — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 06:00:25 +0000

On my latest visit to the Toronto archives I fell in love with the vintage Yonge street of the 1850s up until the 1950s. The buildings and the shops had so much character, the people had such interesting attire and the machines and vehicles throughout the ages make you wonder about how aspects of people’s lives differed from our current generations’.

The 86 kilometre street predates Canada and was used as a major artery to support new settlements throughout Ontario as well as provide military communications between York (Toronto) and the upper lakes.

1856 – Normal School building Gould Street, north-side east of Yonge

Ontario’s first colonial administrator, John Graves Simcoe, built the roads mainly as a strategic play, worried that the United States would enter British North America in support of their French allies. He named the street after his friend Sir George Yonge, a British Secretary at War.

The construction took place in the 1790s and began with the building and connecting of two roads. The first would run north from York (Toronto) to Lake aux Claies (Lake Simcoe). The second would join Lake Simcoe with Georgian Bay. This allowed easy land transport to the upper lakes while bypassing the U.S. strongholds in the area. These streets were named Yonge Street and Penetanguishene Road.

Here are the rest of the vintage Yonge Street images that I collected.

1856 – The Exchange Wellington Street, north-side east of Yonge Street

1856 – Wellington Street East north-side between Church and Yonge streets, showing the Wellington Hotel

1880 – Front Street East and Yonge Street

1885 – Yonge Street north of Queen Street

1890 – King Street looking east across Yonge Street

1890 – Queen Street West looking west from Yonge Street

1890 – Yonge Street Wharf, Toronto

1892 – Yonge Street crossing looking south from 25 yards north of the track

1900 – 1919 – The New Carlton Hotel, Leslie and Co., proprietors, 155 Yonge Street at Richmond St. E., s.e. corner

1900 – Board of Trade building north-east corner of Yonge Street and Front Street

1900 – Lollar Building, Queen City Oil Co. north-west corner of Yonge Street and King Street

1901 – Boer War, C Company return, King Street east from Yonge Street

1901 – Yonge Street opposite Belmont Street

1903 – Preparing foundations for new J.J. Foy building, Front Street

1903 – Yonge Street looking south

1904 – Yonge Street crossing

1904 – Yonge Street crossing looking south

1904 – Yonge Street looking east first lane south of Front Street

1904 – Yonge Street looking west first lane south of Front Street

1904 – Yonge Street wharf

1906 – Lavatory Cottingham Street and Yonge Street

1907 – Flagpole painter with view looking west on Front Street from Yonge Street

1907 – Muddy Yonge Street, looking south to Hillsdale Avenue

1907 – Road repairs on north Yonge Street at Eglinton Avenue

1910 – Car on muddy Yonge Street north

1910 – Waterfront at foot of Yonge Street

1911 – Man hoeing muddy road smooth, Yonge Street at Davisville Avenue

1911 – Oct 18 Yonge Street north from King 130PM

1911 – St. Clair Widening, Yonge Street

1912 – 301 Yonge Street condition of building

1912 – Bloor Street, Yonge to Avenue Road – track

1912 – Ferry docks at foot of Yonge Street

1913 – 7 Rosedale Lane (south side, first house off Yonge Street)

1913 – King St., looking east, from west of Yonge Street

1914 – Wagon on St. Clair Avenue West, looking east to Yonge Street

1917 -Yonge Street grading north from Woodlawn Avenue

1919 – view of Toronto from south of Yonge Street

1919 – Yonge Street Beaver Recreation Club

1919 – Yonge Street north from Front Street

1920 – April 1 – Re Yonge Street Subway

1920 – Bay Street or Yonge crossing

1920 – Green Bush Inn, Yonge Street, Steele’s Corners, North York Twp

1920 – Yonge Street from Alcorn Ave

1920 – Re Yonge Street Subway

1920 – Yonge Street Northwest corner Yonge and Birch

1920 – Yonge Street and Alexander Street

1923 – Rear of 309 Yonge Street

1925 – Toronto from foot of Yonge Street

1926 – Yonge Street slip looking north

1930 – Yonge Street and Adelaide Street at night

1930 – Yonge Street and Dundas Street West

1930 – Yonge Street and Queen Street

1930 – Yonge Street and Shuter Street

1930 – Yonge Street near Shuter Street

1930 – Yonge Street near Shuter Street copy

1930 – Yonge Street near Trinity Square

1930 – Yonge Street near Wilton Square

1930 – Yonge Street near Wilton Square copy

1939 – Yonge Street near Adelaide Street

1940 – Street lamp, Yonge Street, steel pole

1940 – Yonge Street near Glenview Avenue and Glen Grove Avenue West

1950 – King Street East and Yonge Street

1950 – King Street East near Yonge Street

Visit the Toronto archives for more vintage Yonge street photographs and more from around Toronto.

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