Historic Toronto photos from June 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 June 5: wholemap.com/Jun5

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.

 
 

1866 Historic photo from Tuesday, June 5, 1866 - Fenian Invasion; funeral of those killed at Ridgeway; at St. James Cemetery in CabbagetownFenian Invasion; funeral of those killed at Ridgeway; at St. James Cemetery
160 years ago - Tuesday, June 5, 1866 - Cabbagetown at 635 Parliament Street
Max temp: 18.3°C - Min temp: 10.6°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1916 Historic photo from Monday, June 5, 1916 - Old Fort Road wooden bridge site in Fort YorkOld Fort Road wooden bridge site
110 years ago - Monday, June 5, 1916 - Fort York
Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 10.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923 Historic photo from Tuesday, June 5, 1923 - Erindale Loop - Broadview, looking north in Playter EstatesErindale Loop - Broadview, looking north
103 years ago - Tuesday, June 5, 1923 - Playter Estates
Max temp: 31.1°C - Min temp: 17.2°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1925 Historic photo from Friday, June 5, 1925 - University Convocation, girls leaving Simcoe Hall in University of Toronto (U of T)University Convocation, girls leaving Simcoe Hall
101 years ago - Friday, June 5, 1925 - University of Toronto (U of T)
Max temp: 34.4°C - Min temp: 18.3°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
2007 Historic photo from Tuesday, June 5, 2007 - Lillian H. Smith Public Library - first childrens librarian in the British Empire in University of Toronto (U of T)Lillian H. Smith Public Library - first childrens librarian in the British Empire
19 years ago - Tuesday, June 5, 2007 - University of Toronto (U of T) at 239 College Street s.w. corner at Huron St
Max temp: 0.0°C - Min temp: 0.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
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