Toronto Before: Historical Photo Mash-Ups

[PUTOTO]

Nice creative work Aladone!
I want to use the pictures that You made there in the future in the same way!

 

[Aladone]

It's been awhile....

Here's a few new ones...

Coffin Block -Front St. west towards Church and Wellington. 1880-2012

Toronto at Adelaide - Publich underground washrooms 1912-2012

City Hall/St Lawrence Market 1876-2012

 

[Mustapha]

It has been quite awhile; you've been missed.

 

[datgtatrailsguy]

Fantastic work Aladone. Great concept!

 

[Red October]

Toronto at Adelaide - Publich underground washrooms 1912-2012

It's photos like these that make me think Toronto seemed much more elegant back then.

 

[Aladone]

Fantastic work Aladone. Great concept!

Thanks!

 

[Aladone]

Avenue Rd. 1934-2010, Now Photo: Mustapha

 

[Aladone]

Thanks! Just let me know at acudanin@hotmail.com

Nice creative work Aladone!
I want to use the pictures that You made there in the future in the same way!

 

[Aladone]

Borden 1910 2010

 

[Aladone]

Wow, it's been a few years since I posted anything on here. Most of the posts no longer link...

Here's a most recent piece from the CNE. 1920s-2014

 

[Aladone]

Maple Leaf Stadium 1960s in 2014 at Bathurst and Lakeshore/Fleet

 

[Red October]

I live right by there so this one makes me sad. Now it's just a gas station and community housing.

If only they knew they were getting a team 13 years later they could have added a 2nd deck and we could have had our own Wrigley.

Of course that wasn't the style at the time.

 

[Aladone]

TOB4 Rephotography Series: #TOB4People

Hello UTfriends, I haven't done much of Toronto Then & Now Mash-ups in 2014 but within the ones that I did creat I was able to put together this little series: TOB4 People. Enjoy!

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Rephotography is the act of repeat photography of the same site, with a time lag between the two images; a "then and now" view of a particular area. Some are casual, usually taken from the same view point but without regard to season, lens coverage or framing. Some are very precise and involve a careful study of the original image.

The Toronto Before People series offers a snapshot of yesterday's Torontonians mixed in with a view of the same location as we see it today. These “then and now†photographs combine the old with the new. While the blending of two images gives a unique insight into who once stood at a particular spot for a picture or what happened at a certain location many years ago. At the same it also gives us a general feel for the past while keeping the present in perspective.

Queen’s Park Kids
Children at Preaching Stone in Queen’s Park
1911 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 635 A
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Bay Street Organ Grinder
Bay St. north from Richmond St.
1922 – 2014
Toronto Public Library, R 4809
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Opening Eaton’s
John David Eaton and Lady Eaton at opening of Eatons College Street store.
Yonge St. and College St.
1930 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 1941
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Children of the Ward
“The Wardâ€, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall
1908 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 659
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Yonge Street Stroll
Yonge St. south of Queen St.
1922 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1033
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Children of the Ward IV
Elizabeth St. Playground,
Elizabeth Street and Gerrard St., Toronto General Hospital
1922 – 2014
Toronto Public Library, R-1169
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Children of the Ward II
“The Wardâ€, Nathan Philips Square, City Hall, Westside Playground
1911 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8028
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Children of the Ward III
“The Wardâ€, Nathan Philips Square, Old City Hall
1911 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8029
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King’s Corner
News Stand – Northwest corner of King St. and Bay St.
1931 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1289
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Messengers
King and Bay Street Banks
1912 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 133
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Messengers II
King St. West
1914 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 135F
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Sales at Shopper’s
Yonge St. and King St.
1913 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 70, Item 1
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Eaton’s Boys
Sir John Eaton with US men and Old City Hall
1915 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 975E
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Celebrations
Armistice Day, Bay St. and King St.
1918 – 2014
Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 891D

 

[DSC]

FANTASTIC! Pity the older links no longer work. THANK YOU!

 

[Aladone]

Thanks DSC! Yeah, Those older pics where linked from Flickr... I am planning to repost them eventually loading them up directly to UT instead.

FANTASTIC! Pity the older links no longer work. THANK YOU!