They say that a picture is worth 1000 words. In this web page, we present many thousands of words of Toronto history and heritage, in the form of pictures from Toronto’s past. The pictures are all taken from the archives of the Toronto Historical Association.
This picture is taken from a souvenir postcard of the King Edward Hotel in downtown Toronto.The original hotel was built in 1903 for George Gooderham’s Toronto Hotel Company. It was designed by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb and Toronto architect E.J. Lennox.
The 18 story tower was added in 1922. The picture is looking on the hotel from the east side on King Street.
Did you know that the 1922 hotel had 1000 rooms and (hold onto your socks, folks) 1000 bathrooms!
Here is a picture of the lobby of the King Edward Hotel. The picture is taken from another souvenir postcard of the hotel.
This picture shows the Ontario Parliament Buildings at Queen’s Park in Toronto, circa 1900. The photograph was published in a book of Canadian photographs titled “Canada From Ocean To Ocean” by W.G. MacFarlane.
These are the third buildings built expressly for use as Parliament Buildings in the Province of Ontario.
Construction of these buildings began in 1890 and was completed in 1893.
This is another picture from the book of Canadian photographs titled “Canada From Ocean To Ocean” by W.G. MacFarlane. This picture shows the (Old) City Hall at Queen Street and Bay Street in Toronto, circa 1900.
This building was built in 1899.
This is the third picture from the book of Canadian photographs titled “Canada From Ocean To Ocean” by W.G. MacFarlane. This picture shows the “Toronto University” building, circa 1900. This building is now known as University College at the University of Toronto.
This is the fourth picture from the book of Canadian photographs titled “Canada From Ocean To Ocean” by W.G. MacFarlane. This picture shows a view of Yonge Street, circa 1900.
This is the fifth and final picture from the book of Canadian photographs titled “Canada From Ocean To Ocean” by W.G. MacFarlane. This picture shows the King Edward Hotel, circa 1903. The original hotel was built for George Gooderham’s Toronto Hotel Company. It was designed by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb and Toronto architect E.J. Lennox.
Compare this picture to the picture of the same building above.