Historic Toronto photos from July 6

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 July 6: wholemap.com/Jul6

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.

 
 

1930		Laura Secord, and United Cigar Stores on southeast corner of Bay and Adelaide streets 96 years ago - Sunday, July 6, 1930 - Downtown Max temp: 27.8°C - Min temp: 16.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1930		Sunnybrook Park gateway presented to the city by Alice M. Kilgour in memory of her husband; Joseph Kilgour (Categorized under: Ornamental gate ) 96 years ago - Sunday, July 6, 1930 - Sunnybrook Park at 2075 Bayview Ave s.e. corner at Blythwood Road Max temp: 27.8°C - Min temp: 16.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1949		Fairlawn Odeon Theatre - opened Aug 15th 1947 - architect Jay Isadore English (Categorized under: Midtown theatres ) 77 years ago - Wednesday, July 6, 1949 - Bedford Park at 3320 Yonge Street north of Fairlawn Ave. Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1951		Sketching on the Scarborough Bluffs, Guild of All Arts, on Lake Ontario, near Toronto 75 years ago - Friday, July 6, 1951 - Scarborough Bluffs at 201 Guildwood Pkwy Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1955		All that remains of the 65 ft 1934 Toronto Ski Club (TSC) Leaside Thorncliff ski jump 71 years ago - Wednesday, July 6, 1955 - Leaside at 1100 Leslie Street just south of Eglinton Ave East Max temp: 27.2°C - Min temp: 20.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1955		Clearing in the Don River Ernest Thompson Seton Park - site of Thorncliffe ski jump 71 years ago - Wednesday, July 6, 1955 - Leaside at 1100 Leslie Street Ernest Thompson Seton Park Max temp: 27.2°C - Min temp: 20.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1961		Colonial Tavern after 1961 Renovation - Waitresses on Yonge Street 65 years ago - Thursday, July 6, 1961 - Downtown at 201 Yonge Street Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1982		The Edge (Egerton's) - after - cleaned up about a year after The Edge concert venue closed (Categorized under: The Edge ) 44 years ago - Tuesday, July 6, 1982 - Ryerson at 70 Gerrard Street East n.e. corner at Church Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
2015		Complete north facade of the Filter Building at the R.C. Harris Plant (Categorized under: R C Harris Water Treatment Plant ) 11 years ago - Monday, July 6, 2015 - Fallingbrook at 2701 Queen Street East at the foot of Victoria Park Ave Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
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