Roll into the Toronto of 1932 and stop awhile at this combination lunch counter and cigar shop in the Bay Street coach bus terminal. ow.ly/yAz350R7BTf #TOHistory #TorontoArchives

L is for Library! Wychwood Park Library at 1433 Bathurst Street. #TorontoArchives #ArchivesAtoZ ow.ly/gyvN50R1sru

Every day is a great day to become a pet owner! Happy National Pet Day. These two pups were at the Toronto Humane Society, 1975. ow.ly/jncB50Nv8XJ #TorontoArchives

K is for Kodak! Kodak Staff Newsletter from the 1986 features Mayor of Vaughan for 20 years Lorna Jackson. She worked at Kodak Advertising Department from 1953 until 1959. #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives #TOHistory ow.ly/8HYP50R7rqh

'J' is for Jail & James! East Toronto Police Station and #Jail , 1911. #James Salmon Collection photograph. ow.ly/RW2j50Nv8VX #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives #TorontoHistory

#EidMubarak ! Did you know that the Jami Mosque, the oldest extant mosque in Toronto, began its life as a Presbyterian church? This is what it looked like in 1930. ow.ly/q13p50R7s4G #TorontoArchives #TOHistory

This was the view looking north from the Royal York Hotel #OnThisDay 95 years ago. Downtown looks a little different now! ow.ly/5Iuh50RbtOG #OTD #TOHistory #TorontoArchives

I for Integrity! Structural integrity! Construction progress photograph showing the structural steel framing for Union Station, April, 1917. #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives ow.ly/cS9T50R1rzy

H is for Huron! This is Huron Street and Dundas Street West at some point between 1980 and 1994. ow.ly/jiby50R7EFo #ArchivesAtoZ #TOHistory

Toronto's last total solar eclipse was on January 24, 1925. Toronto photographer William James (probably W.J. Sr.) took this image from his home at 440 Manning Avenue. ow.ly/Ha3j50R7zjw #eclipse #TOHistory #TorontoArchives

E is for education. Did you know the Toronto Archives offers free in-person and virtual curriculum-based education programs? Check out ow.ly/pFhJ50R2eoX. #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives #2024AAW

An example of cooperation between Torontonians and Saudis in the 1940s: Ahmed Mohammed Abdul Majeed, the Coleman Lamp Company's representative in Mecca, was in town to talk business 75 years ago tomorrow. ow.ly/qW8y50R8MHb #TOHistory #TorontoArchives

D is for digitization! Photographs aren’t the only things digitized at the City of Toronto Archives, we also image maps, blueprints, & posters! #ArchivesAtoZ #2024AAW #TorontoArchives

Have you been to the Toronto Archives?

It’s a fantastic place to learn about Toronto’s past, explore old records & photos & research fascinating stories about our city. 🔍

If you have an appetite to explore, you have to visit!

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A wet night on Yonge Street in 1980: it's a whole mood.
Photo by Avard Woolaver
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C is conservator. From custom housing to repairing torn items, our conservator helps keep the Archives' records safe and accessible to researchers. #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives #2024AAW

#OnThisDay 100 years ago, the Dominion Bank was ready for 1920s gangsters with a new bulletproof car. It attracted a lot of attention downtown. ow.ly/Vuw050R17ep #OTD #TOHistory #TorontoArchives

B is for box. Our favourite boxes are acid-free ones! #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives #2024AAW

It's Archives Awareness Week! This week and all month, we'll be bringing you photos of our activities and collections via the #ArchivesAtoZ hashtag party. #2024AAW

The #TorontoArchives is closed tomorrow, and will reopen on Tuesday April 2nd. We hope you have a great long weekend! Photograph: Good Friday scenes, sucker fishing in the Humber at Lambton, 1931. ow.ly/ji3h50QYELV #TOHistory