Catfish Pond at High Park, Toronto - October 15, 1915

📸: John Boyd
Toronto Star Photograph Archive / Toronto Public Library

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Osgoode Hall, Queen Street West, northeast corner University Avenue, Toronto - October 15, 1910.

Photographer unknown
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 100 years ago today! 🚋

Passengers board a single-operator streetcar at St. Clair & Yonge on October 15, 1926.

📸: City of Toronto Archives.
Digital editing & colourization by me.

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✨Haunted Toronto: Old Don Jail, now Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital Administration Building, at 550 Gerrard St in #Toronto – completed in 1864

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Toronto, 115 years ago today: St. Clair Avenue West, Oct. 24, 1911.

Photos taken to document the construction of a Toronto Civic Railways (TCR) streetcar line.

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Edgewater Hotel, Roncesvalles Ave., west side, north of The Queensway, Toronto - Oct. 13, 1957.

📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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A beauty spot on Sunnyside boulevard, Toronto, Oct. 13, 1921.

Photographer unknown, digitally repaired & colourized by me.

Original image courtesy Toronto Public Library / Toronto Star Photograph Archive.

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Resurfacing Beverley Street in Toronto with Tarvia, October 12, 1910.

Tarvia is a formerly trademarked surfacing and binding material made from coal tar.

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East Riverdale Bantams & Juniors — Playground and City and Toronto and District Baseball Champions, October 12, 1940.

📸: City of Toronto Archives

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Bluffer's Park under construction, Oct. 11, 1973.

📸: Dick Loek
Credit: Toronto Star Photograph Archive / Toronto Public Library

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✨Haunted Toronto: The Keg Mansion, formerly the Massey Mansion, at 515 Jarvis St in #Toronto - built in 1868

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"With a critical assist from Waterfront Toronto, photographers Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker documented an unrivalled six-year undertaking that is all about ecology, climate, place-making, and city building. An indispensable record." John Lorinc, Spacing
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TTC A8-class all-electric PCC #4542 lays over at Earlscourt loop in EARLSCOURT service alongside Western Flyer rebuild trolley bus #9267 in 47 LANSDOWNE service.

⏰ August 29, 1977 📸 Nick Chase collection

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A photo of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct published in the Sunday World, October 7, 1922.

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Fire Prevention Week Parade, Leaside Fire Department - October 7, 1955.

📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 100 years ago today: The Railway Lands from the roof of the Cobban Building - Oct. 6, 1926. A small panorama stitched together from two photographs by myself.

Original photo credit: City of Toronto Archives

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Traffic on Front Street West, 94 years ago today - October 5, 1932. People, Gray Coach buses, Peter Witt streetcars, and automobiles making their way around Union Station, a primary gateway to downtown Toronto.

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On Oct. 4, 1922, wind-driven bush fires swept across 18 townships in northern Ontario, killing an estimated 43 people and destroying much of Haileybury.

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Leaside Memorial Community Gardens at Millwood Road and Laird Drive, Oct. 4, 1952.

The gardens have changed considerably since the original arena first opened its doors.

📸: Toronto Star photograph archive / Toronto Public Library

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Toronto, 101 years ago today: South entrance of the Armouries, University Ave. - Oct. 3, 1925.

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