Historic Toronto photos from August 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.

Short URL to share for historic photos from August 17: wholemap.com/Aug17

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.
1896 Historic photo from Monday, August 17, 1896 - Union Hotel with kids sitting outside, Parkdale on Queen Street West in Beaconsfield VillageUnion Hotel with kids sitting outside, Parkdale on Queen Street West
(Categorized under: Hotels )
129 years ago - Monday, August 17, 1896 - Beaconsfield Village
Max temp: 22.8°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935 Historic photo from Saturday, August 17, 1935 - Lytton Park - lawn bowling in Lytton ParkLytton Park - lawn bowling
90 years ago - Saturday, August 17, 1935 - Lytton Park at 200 Lytton Boulevard
Max temp: 31.7°C - Min temp: 20.6°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1957 Historic photo from Saturday, August 17, 1957 - C.P.R., Runnymede Yards and roundhouse, Runnymede Rd., s.w. cor. St. Clair Ave. W.; looking w. along St. Clair Ave. W. from Runnymede Rd. in RunnymedeC.P.R., Runnymede Yards and roundhouse, Runnymede Rd., s.w. cor. St. Clair Ave. W.; looking w. along St. Clair Ave. W. from Runnymede Rd.
68 years ago - Saturday, August 17, 1957 - Runnymede at 758 Runnymede Road
Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1957 Historic photo from Saturday, August 17, 1957 - Interior of the roundhouse at the CPR Runnymede Yards - Lambton Road Steam Engine 891 in RunnymedeInterior of the roundhouse at the CPR Runnymede Yards - Lambton Road Steam Engine 891
68 years ago - Saturday, August 17, 1957 - Runnymede at 758 Runnymede Road
Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 13.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1966 Historic photo from Wednesday, August 17, 1966 - Maple Leaf Gardens - The Beatles live in Toronto in 1966 (46 audio tracks) in Church-Wellesley VillageMaple Leaf Gardens - The Beatles live in Toronto in 1966 (46 audio tracks)
(Categorized under: Live music )
59 years ago - Wednesday, August 17, 1966 - Church-Wellesley Village at 50 Carlton Street n.e. corner at Church Street
Link to archive record - Map location
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