Toronto Panorama 1910.m4v

A rare panoramic photograph of Toronto harbour in 1910 is shown with some analysis and description of major buildings visible, including the Board of Trade, Customs House, Toronto's Second Union Station and the 15-story Traders Bank, from which the photo was shot. Narrated by Bill Gladstone, author and head of the Toronto-based publishing house Now and Then Books, who discovered the photograph in the US Library of Congress.

[@booper521]

I very much enjoyed this video. So much information and great photos. Thanks for sharing this................

[@GIguy]

Thanks Bill, I'm a Toronto historian fanatic, I love the glimpses back in time. My family has been in Toronto since it was called York, so I have an even great reason to study our history. My father also studies our family history, right back to when we first arrived in Halifax, coming from both England and Ireland, way back before Canada was even Canada. As you know, it was a British protectorate for over a century, but if my fathers calculations are correct (we do have the papers, but sadly, most were ruined in a basement flood 100 years ago, all that remains are small documents in such poor condition it's barely legible), our ancestors first arrived in Canada in August, 1820, so you can see why I'm so interested in knowing my roots, and in turn, Toronto's roots as well.

[@patriciahall2223]

This is wonderful, beautiful architecture , there's still many amazing buildings in Toronto, thank you for this great video 🇨🇦

[@bell8541]

Great video - Thanks for that!

[@johnh23z]

Toronto has a fake history .. The city is much older .

[@FrankKnight8846]

It is much older, way back in 1800's. but back then Toronto was called York. Toronto General Hospital was built in 1812, and back then it was called York General Hospital.

[@gulfy09]

Many cities were founded meaning building's were already here

[@brent6518]

Very cool..Ty for posting!

[@CusterFlux]

Glad somebody is doing this - awesome photo - Toronto history doesn't get the respect it deserves. @2:37 the "big spit" is actually what is now the southern end of the port lands, extending to "Fisherman's Island", a small community which was expropriated during WWI. Prior to the early 1800's, the triangle area enclosed by it & Cherry street was once the largest wetland habitat in eastern Canada. The current Leslie spit would have been well south of all this, and is entirely man-made IIRC.

[@antoniosoul]

Also, the Leslie Spit was not started until the 1950s.

[@WalkingAfterMidnightRadio]

I'd like to know how it ended up at the US Library of Congress. I guess they won't let a Toronto archive keep it.

[@garycogswell5499]

Brilliant sir

[@dixonpinfold2582]

I was surprised I was unable to make out the St. Lawrence Market buildings easily.

[@leopoldpoppenberger8692]

Meeting Place

[@glen6945]

great stuff

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👌👏😊❤️🇺🇸

[@larrywalker6105]

Wonder if anybody was living on the Toronto Islands then . I see them in the distance .

[@dundrumleith]

If I am remembering correctly, Sally Gibson reports in her book, "More Than an Island, A History of the Toronto Islands," that there were fishermen living on the Island from c. 1840-45. And summer residents from the 1880s forward.

[@Thorscauldron]

2:40 I can see the Knapp Roller boat 1897 dead centre.

[@glen6945]

oooohhhhhhyes

[@poijupoij]

sweet