Historic Toronto photos from May 7

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 Wednesday, May 7, 1913 - Construction on the south west corner of Church and Dundas (then Wilton Ave) in Garden DistrictConstruction on the south west corner of Church and Dundas (then Wilton Ave)
111 years ago - Wednesday, May 7, 1913 - Garden District
Max temp: 15.0°C - Min temp: 4.4°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1919 Historic photo from Wednesday, May 7, 1919 - Spadina Ave. looking north from south of College St. - Star Cafe on left, Knox College in centre in Chinatown (Spadina Ave)Spadina Ave. looking north from south of College St. - Star Cafe on left, Knox College in centre
(Categorized under: El Mocambo )
105 years ago - Wednesday, May 7, 1919 - Chinatown (Spadina Ave)
Max temp: 22.2°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924 Historic photo from Wednesday, May 7, 1924 - Construction of Earlscourt Shelter - no roof yet in Little Italy (St. Clair)Construction of Earlscourt Shelter - no roof yet
100 years ago - Wednesday, May 7, 1924 - Little Italy (St. Clair)
Max temp: 16.1°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924 Historic photo from Wednesday, May 7, 1924 - Exterior complete at the Danforth Lavatory in The DanforthExterior complete at the Danforth Lavatory
100 years ago - Wednesday, May 7, 1924 - The Danforth
Max temp: 16.1°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1931 Historic photo from Thursday, May 7, 1931 - St Clair Avenue level crossing, looking east to Caledonia Road in Little Italy (St. Clair)St Clair Avenue level crossing, looking east to Caledonia Road
93 years ago - Thursday, May 7, 1931 - Little Italy (St. Clair)
Max temp: 19.4°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1945 Historic photo from Monday, May 7, 1945 - V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) - 25 Gwynne Avenue - Corporal E.B. Jamieson, Private Allan Brown in Liberty VillageV-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) - 25 Gwynne Avenue - Corporal E.B. Jamieson, Private Allan Brown
79 years ago - Monday, May 7, 1945 - Liberty Village at 25 Gwynne Ave
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1953 Historic photo from Thursday, May 7, 1953 - John Ross Robertson - Culloden House - just south of the corner of Sherbourne and Gerrard in Cabbagetown SouthJohn Ross Robertson - Culloden House - just south of the corner of Sherbourne and Gerrard
(Categorized under: Culloden house )
71 years ago - Thursday, May 7, 1953 - Cabbagetown South
Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
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