These are the earliest known photographs of Toronto Toronto
taken by civil engineering firm Armstrong, Beere and Hime in 1856 atop the Rossin House Hotel at King and York streets., the 12 photos that make up the stitched series are the best visual record we have of early colonial Toronto.
The total set of 25 photos was part of Toronto's bid to become the capital of Canada, and were taken to show off the city's landmarks in an effort to charm Queen Victoria, who was to make the decision. For all intents and purposes they had been lost in England before they were discovered by a researcher at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library in 1979., the ground-level photographs might provide an even better record of what Toronto's streetscape was like.
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