Historic Toronto photos from October 17

There are a number of great web sites that provide historic photos from around Toronto. As I was collecting them for an interactive historic map of the city I realized that it was also interesting to find photos that were taken around the current time of the year.

If you'd like to see photos from today, you can always load this page without parameters to see the last few days worth of photos.

You can also see all the historic photos for a given neighbourhood. A subset of the photos have also been arranged by subject.

 
 

1913 Historic photo from Friday, October 17, 1913 - Impeller and drive shaft -Toronto High level pumping station in Republic of RathnellyImpeller and drive shaft -Toronto High level pumping station
(Categorized under: High level pumping station )
111 years ago - Friday, October 17, 1913 - Republic of Rathnelly at 25 Poplar Plains Road just north of Macpherson Ave
Max temp: 13.9°C - Min temp: 10.6°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1914 Historic photo from Saturday, October 17, 1914 - Scaffolding around the construction of the High level pumping station in Republic of RathnellyScaffolding around the construction of the High level pumping station
(Categorized under: High level pumping station )
110 years ago - Saturday, October 17, 1914 - Republic of Rathnelly at 25 Poplar Plains Road just north of Macpherson Ave
Max temp: 18.9°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924 Historic photo from Friday, October 17, 1924 - Eglinton Ave, looking east, from Dufferin and Vaughan - Township of York in FairbankEglinton Ave, looking east, from Dufferin and Vaughan - Township of York
100 years ago - Friday, October 17, 1924 - Fairbank at 1843 Eglinton Ave West
Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 3.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924 Historic photo from Friday, October 17, 1924 - Eglinton Ave, looking west, from Dufferin and Vaughan - Township of York in FairbankEglinton Ave, looking west, from Dufferin and Vaughan - Township of York
100 years ago - Friday, October 17, 1924 - Fairbank at 1840 Eglinton Ave West
Max temp: 13.3°C - Min temp: 3.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935 Historic photo from Thursday, October 17, 1935 - Lytton Park - railing with lawn bowling in background in Lytton ParkLytton Park - railing with lawn bowling in background
89 years ago - Thursday, October 17, 1935 - Lytton Park at 200 Lytton Boulevard
Max temp: 17.8°C - Min temp: 3.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1954 Historic photo from Sunday, October 17, 1954 - Palace Pier along Lakeshore Boulevard W., bridge over Humber River after Hurricane Hazel in Humber BayPalace Pier along Lakeshore Boulevard W., bridge over Humber River after Hurricane Hazel
70 years ago - Sunday, October 17, 1954 - Humber Bay at 1 Palace Pier Ct
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
2006 Historic photo from Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Tragically Hip live in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern on Oct 17, 2006 in Queen WestTragically Hip live in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern on Oct 17, 2006
(Categorized under: The Horseshoe Tavern )
18 years ago - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Queen West at 370 Queen Street West east of Spadina Ave.
Link to archive record - Map location
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