Historic Toronto photos from May 10

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.

Short URL to share for historic photos from May 10: wholemap.com/May10

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.

 
 

1915 Historic photo from Monday, May 10, 1915 - Princess Theatre ruins after May 1915 fire - upper balcony roof collapse in DowntownPrincess Theatre ruins after May 1915 fire - upper balcony roof collapse
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
111 years ago - Monday, May 10, 1915 - Downtown at 194 King Street West (approx.) removed for University Ave. extension
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1915 Historic photo from Monday, May 10, 1915 - Princess Theatre ruins - ornate trim, stairs, broken mirrors, and firehose in DowntownPrincess Theatre ruins - ornate trim, stairs, broken mirrors, and firehose
(Categorized under: Downtown theatres )
111 years ago - Monday, May 10, 1915 - Downtown at 194 King Street West (approx.) removed for University Ave. extension
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1926 Historic photo from Monday, May 10, 1926 - Queen Street East - De Grassi crossing south from railway platform looking across McGee in Riverside-South RiverdaleQueen Street East - De Grassi crossing south from railway platform looking across McGee
100 years ago - Monday, May 10, 1926 - Riverside-South Riverdale
Max temp: 11.1°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1940 Historic photo from Friday, May 10, 1940 - Garages for rent at the corner of Braeside and Kapelle Avenue in Wanless ParkGarages for rent at the corner of Braeside and Kapelle Avenue
86 years ago - Friday, May 10, 1940 - Wanless Park at 16 Braeside Road
Max temp: 18.3°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1983 Historic photo from Tuesday, May 10, 1983 - St Paul's Basilica tower - view from Queen Street East, south side, east of Power Street in CorktownSt Paul's Basilica tower - view from Queen Street East, south side, east of Power Street
(Categorized under: St Pauls Basilica )
43 years ago - Tuesday, May 10, 1983 - Corktown at 83 Power Street s.e. corner at Queen St. East
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
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