Historic Toronto photos from February 5

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 February 5: wholemap.com/Feb5

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.
1966 Historic photo from Saturday, February 5, 1966 - Aerial photograph of Scarborough College Science and Humanities wing (example of Brutalism) in ScarboroughAerial photograph of Scarborough College Science and Humanities wing (example of Brutalism)
59 years ago - Saturday, February 5, 1966 - Scarborough
Max temp: -5.6°C - Min temp: -12.2°C - 23.0cm of snow on the ground (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the University of Toronto Archives)
1968 Historic photo from Monday, February 5, 1968 - Colonial Tavern - Charles Shavers playing his trumpet, In charge at the Colonial in DowntownColonial Tavern - Charles Shavers playing his trumpet, In charge at the Colonial
(Categorized under: Live music )
57 years ago - Monday, February 5, 1968 - Downtown at 201 Yonge Street
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1978 Historic photo from Sunday, February 5, 1978 - Ontario Science Centre - soviet spaceship - CCCP on the side in Don MillsOntario Science Centre - soviet spaceship - CCCP on the side
(Categorized under: Ontario Science Centre )
47 years ago - Sunday, February 5, 1978 - Don Mills at 770 Don Mills Road south of Eglinton Ave East
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
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