The City of Toronto Archives has an extensive library that documents the history of Toronto through pictures.
Here are six that help us understand what the Port Lands area looked like in the early 1900s.
Cherry Street lift bridge, 1920. City of Toronto Archives
Cherry Street, 1917. City of Toronto Archives
Toronto Bay at Cherry Street, 1920. City of Toronto Archives
Cherry Street detour, 1928. City of Toronto Archives
Bathing at Cherry Beach, 1933. City of Toronto Archives
Hydrant damaged by boiler at the foot of Cherry Street, 1915.
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