The public now has access to 180,000 digitized items on the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Archive — all for free.
This is especially good news for genealogists researching their ancestors who lived in Toronto, especially those who need photos to illustrate their family history — or anyone who likes look at historical items.
It’s easy to view photos, postcards, maps, rare books and other items the library has preserved on the online resource.
When you find an item that interests you, scroll down past the description to see related images.
After conducting a simple search, you can select Show Only Public Domain for images that are no longer under copyright.
It appears that most of the items are from the 20th century.
The search engine was running a bit slow yesterday, but perhaps that was due to the library’s announcement about reaching the milestone which generated more activity than usual.
