✨Early 1950s/April 3, 2026 – Looking northeast along Yonge St between Wood St and Alexander, in the Downtown Yonge area of #Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
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West Toronto Railway Station (C.P.R.), Old Weston Road, east side, north of Dundas St. West. - April 9, 1955
📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library
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Next Tuesday! 🚂 I’ll be speaking at the Toronto Railway Museum’s Second Tuesday Zoom talk.
Would be great to see some familiar names there! 😀
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Register here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/toron...
✨Circa 1909/February 15, 2026 - Looking southwest along Bay St from Albert St in downtown Toronto.
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Today! ⏰ Join us LIVE online at 11:00 a.m. as special guest Starlotte Satine helps us record a new episode of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast: “A History of Burlesque in Toronto.”
Livestream: live.torontomike.com/tmds/d2689ca...
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Humane Society Parade at Queen's Park, Toronto - April 7, 1931.
📸: City of Toronto Archives
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✨July 17, 1973/January 1, 2025 – Looking southwest down Yonge St from north of St Mary St in Toronto.
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This Wednesday, join us LIVE online as special guest Starlotte Satine helps us record a brand-new episode of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast: “A History of Burlesque in Toronto.”
⏰ 11:00 a.m. — Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Livestream link: live.torontomike.com/tmds/d2689ca...
#TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
Looking east on Danforth Ave. from Broadview Ave., 1918, and a more recent view of the same spot.
Postcard view: Gift of Norman Attikin
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
#thedanforth #1910s #torontohistory #toronto #jeremyhopkin
✨A few photos of former taverns, bars, and establishments in #Toronto.
👉Toronto tavern history at www.torontojourney416.com/taverns-past...
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✨A few photos of former taverns, bars, and establishments in #Toronto.
👉Toronto tavern history at www.torontojourney416.com/taverns-past...
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The Gift of Easter Flowers, 100 years ago: Many of Toronto's Florists banded together to create this 2-page newspaper ad.
#easterflowers #easterbunny #1920s #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
Eglinton Ave. E., looking northeast from Bayview Ave., April 1952.
📸: James Victor Salmon
Credit: Toronto Public Library
#1950s #plaza #leaside #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
✨March 12, 1950/ March 14, 2026 – Looking southeast towards the corner of Yonge St and Gould St in the Downtown Yonge area of #Toronto.
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✨Circa 1910/March 14, 2026 – Looking northeast along Yonge St towards Shuter St, from north of Queen St, in the Downtown Yonge area of #Toronto
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Bay St., looking south from Queen Street West, Toronto, April 3, 1955.
📸: James Victor Salmon
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library
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Equipment of the New Toronto Fire Department, April 3, 1955.
Photographed in front of the Eighth Street fire hall, west side, north of Lake Shore Blvd. W.
📸: James V. Salmon
Toronto Public Library
#OnThisDay #1950s #torontohistory #canada #jeremyhopkin
Bulletproof bank messenger's car, Dominion Bank building, 1 King West, Toronto - April 3, 1924
The car is parked on the Melinda Street side of the building.
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✨June 6, 1981/February 15, 2026 – Looking west along Queen St E from Sumach St in the Regent Park and Corktown neighbourhoods of #Toronto.
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The TTC’s Hillcrest maintenance facility was under construction on April 2, 1923.
📸: City of Toronto Archives
#OnThisDay #1920s #TorontoHistory #transit #jeremyhopkin
Woodbine Beach, west of Kippendavie Avenue, April 2, 1929.
High water after a storm hit the previous day.
📸: City of Toronto Archives
#OnThisDay #1920s #torontohistory #beaches #jeremyhopkin
Toronto Union Station construction progress photos, April 2, 1918.
📸: City of Toronto Archives
#OnThisDay #1910s #torontohistory #railway #jeremyhopkin
✨ Circa 1920/August 31, 2024 – Looking northwest towards the corner of Spadina Ave and Nassau St, in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto.
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On April 1st, 1960, a Trans Canada Airlines DC-8 departed Toronto International Airport, marking the dawn of Canada's first jet-powered transcontinental service.
Globe & Mail excerpt, digitally enhanced by me.
#OnThisDay #1960s #aviationhistory #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
A rain-soaked Front St. W., looking east to Yonge St., Toronto, Apr. 1st, 1930.
📸: Alfred Pearson
Credit: City of Toronto Archives
#onthisday #1930s #rain #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
Keating Channel, looking southeast from east of Cherry Street Toronto, April 1935
Artist: Lloyd Allan Peters (1913-1999)
Medium: Watercolour
Credit: Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library
#watercolour #boat #art #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
Walter Edward Hart Massey and Susan Denton Massey home, Dentonia Park, as depicted in the Toronto Star on March 30, 1933.
📸: Toronto Star Photograph Archive, Toronto Public Library
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✨April 27, 1977/March 14, 2026 - Looking northwest along Dundas St E from Sherbourne St in Toronto's Garden District.
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✨Circa 1955/March 14, 2026 – Looking southeast down Davenport Rd from north of Dupont St in The Annex neighbourhood of Toronto.
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75 years ago today, the TTC bid farewell to its last wooden streetcar, No. 1326, with a final celebratory run on March 30, 1951.
#1950s #streetcar #trolley #transit #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
