Star Historic Pix

The Toronto Star has archived photos, each day for the past century. These includes images from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the world.

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1978: "Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St. Clair West station today." - Mike Slaughter

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1927: King Street Property - Photographer unknown

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1928: "The Royal York; Toronto's new hotel; is rearing its crest to the sky." - John Boyd

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1982: "Pierre Berton Outside one of his favourite buildings in Toronto, the old Bank of Upper Canada building on Adelaide St. E." - Bob Olsen

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1939: "Toronto Transportation Commission; Yonge and front Sts." - Photographer unknown

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1975: "Construction work can be heady business . . . and cold too. Ironworker Harvey Winters can testify to that. The Bank of Montreal office floor he's working on at King St. is higher than any in Toronto, and colder too." - Graham Bezant

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Once Upon A City: One of Toronto’s oldest mysteries: The unsolved disappearance of Marion McDowell
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1983: 2482 Kingston Rd - Tony Bock

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Date unknown: Toronto Star Buildings, 80 King St W. Interior Press Room - James Norman

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1977: "Silhouetted against a Barbadian sunset, John Diefenbaker was working on his memoirs when Boris Spremo of The Star took this prize-winning photo." - Boris Spremo

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1991: "Where is the airport? Viewed from the lake, Air Ontario planes seem to be creating a traffic jam on Front St. The planes are actually parked at the Island Airport, but the channel between the Island and the mainland cannot be seen." - Boris Spremo

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#ThrowbackThursday 1975: "Changing Skyline behind Toronto Fire Chief Charlie Chambers as he talks in Nathan Phillips Square symbolizes changes he's seen during his 40-year career. He's pushing for amalgamation of Metro's fire departments." - Lex Panhuyzen

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Date unknown: Toronto - Maple Leaf Stadium
Photographer unknown

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#MLKDay 1968: "20,000 people stood with bowed heads in the chill wind that swept Nathan Phillips Square yesterday to mourn for Dr. Martin Luther King." - Philip Barry

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1974: "These Toronto Transit Commission workers were hard at work yesterday restoring the roadway between streetcar tracks after the old road surface had been ripped out." - Boris Spremo

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1971: "TTC boss Ralph Day rides the Queen St. car" - Jeff Goode

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1967: "Sinclair Stevens' York Trust stands prominently in the big-money district in downtown Toronto. " - Boris Spremo

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1989: "Jays' Junior Felix displays some fancy footwork during a turn at bat against the Red Sox last night in the SkyDome." - Rick Eglinton

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1985: "A mismatch: Team Canada defence man Serge Roy could use a few more inches of height as he jousts with Sergei Pryakin (11) of the Moscow Selects last night in Hamilton" - Jeff Goode

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1966: "How the city looks to a 'flying fish'. Fisheye view of Toronto taken from the 52nd floor of the 56-storey Toronto Dominion sky-scraper on King St. W" - Doug Griffin