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December 9th: A very industrial photo from 1932, of New Street at Campbell Milling Company (I've geotagged this in the wrong place, it isn't the Junction, but down by the waterfront): December 10th Another photo that seems to be in the wrong place, with the water at the foot of Church...

Certainly there are misidentifications in the Archives! Not sure if anyone is looking to go on a road trip to investigate on a day like today, and the Google Street view of the Chess Club isn't useful thanks to the trees out front. The image at http://www.chesstoronto.com/location.html looks...

Amazing to see how much of the original house on the corner remained until at least 1910. December 7th: No photo today, but we can go way back to 1837 for the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, as described on Wikipedia: On December 7, Colonel James Fitzgibbon marched an estimated 1,000 regulars...

December 6th: One photo, from 86 years ago today, looking north up Bay Street to (old) City Hall in 1924, with construction just started for the Northern Ontario building at the corner of Adelaide, and the Laura Secord on the east corner:

Great photos, keep 'em coming - love the yellow in 'Construction on Steeles Ave. East'

December 5th: Two photos, 98 years old today, from 1912, just south of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, of the Clarence Avenue bridge (Heath Street over the Belt Line): Details and location of these photos available on the Dec 5th Historic Toronto photos page.

December 4th: Going WAY back now, to 1837 for a sketch of This image is from the Richmond Hill public library, and there are lots of newer photos from Montgomery and Yonge Street here.

December 3rd: An interesting collections of photos from December 3rd, starting back 109 years ago, in 1901, of Sully Crescent looking west to Shaw Street, near College Street, before the area was filled in. The four houses on the hill are so cinematic: More recently in 1926 we have the...

December 2nd: Not sure how old this 'wood block pavement' would have been, seen here 99 years ago at Wellington and Bay, in front of Elliott, Sherring & Co. in the Financial District in 1911. http://forgottenchicago.com/features/chicago-infrastructure/wood-block-alleys/ discusses its use in...

December 1st: Some destruction today, but not until we get some fun and games in 1916 out of the way, at the Moss Park Recreation Centre 96 years ago: Boys learning an important life skill in the Billiard Room: While the girls listen to Story Hour: Now time for the first bit of...

Thanks everyone, by the way, for the details on the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression. Another lost treasure and interesting story...

November 30th: A variety of photos from today, starting off back in 1916 in the Distillery District, of the original staff of British Acetones -: (from left to right) Mr. McLaughlin, Assistant Construction Engineer; Captain A. E. Gooderham, Assistant General Manager; Mr. J. Leys Gooderham...

November 29th: One photo from 77 years ago of the completed Capitol Theatre on Yonge Street at Castlefield in North Toronto in 1933: Details on this photo and its location, here, along with other photos nearby, including the initial, partially complete building in 1921.

Here are a couple of interesting pictures of 38 1/2 North St, now Bay Street, just south of Bloor Street - apparently built in 1905 and designed by W.R. Mead - according to the City of Toronto Archives record. Here it is in about 1908 as the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression...

Thanks Goldie, that's a great example. They have such character. November 28th: In 1912 we're looking north up Keele Street (the section now called Parkside Drive) at Indian Road - I assume that's High Park to our left: Then an action shot in The Junction of track construction on...

Some more research into the Metallic Roofing Co. showroom... The Parks Canada website has a page devoted to the building, and apparently part of it is on display now, at the headquarters of the Ontario Heritage Trust (Birkbeck Building National Historic Site) on Adelaide Street, where the main...

November 27th: Two photos today, from more recent history, although the photographer, @Collations, might be amazed to realize they are 27 years old now. Starting with a view of The Queen Mother Cafe, before it expanded westward at 206-208 Queen St West at the south end of Grange Park taking over...

Thanks @Collations, I'll update my geo-tagging too! November 25th: A collection of photos from around Yonge and Lawrence today, starting back in 1920 (not from the 1921 collection, surprisingly) of 3296 Yonge Street, the Bedford Park Hotel (that gave the area, Bedford Park, its name) just...

Interesting, I'll have to watch for it next year in Door's Open.... November 23rd: Not to go on about it everytime I post one of his pictures, but our friend Collations has an amazing collection of Toronto photos - here's an example of a mid-19th century 'Gothic Cottage' - this one is at 756...

November 22nd: Another full day of photos! We start back in 1913, looking at the Bickford Ravine, before it was filled in. The bridge we're looking at is Harbord Street, and you can still see the guardrail there today, although the ravine itself is filled in: Then we're back for more...