Historic Toronto photos from May 1There 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 May 1: wholemap.com/May1 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. |
| 1936 |  | Stone gate, wooden fence, and house behind on Constance and Parkside (Categorized under: Ornamental gate ) 89 years ago - Friday, May 1, 1936 - High Park at 35 High Park Gardens Max temp: 18.9°C - Min temp: 9.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1960 |  | 3 women of the Georgian State Dance Company on stage, Maple Leaf Gardens 65 years ago - Sunday, May 1, 1960 - Church-Wellesley Village at 50 Carlton Street Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1960 |  | Dances with urns, Georgian State Dance Company, Maple Leaf Gardens 65 years ago - Sunday, May 1, 1960 - Church-Wellesley Village Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1960 |  | Men with swords Georgian State Dance Company, Maple Leaf Gardens 65 years ago - Sunday, May 1, 1960 - Church-Wellesley Village Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 5.0°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1968 |  | Colonial Tavern - Dizzy Gillespie with signature trumpet with 45-degree raised bell (Categorized under: Live music ) 57 years ago - Wednesday, May 1, 1968 - Downtown at 201 Yonge Street Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives) |
| 1968 |  | Colonial Tavern - Dizzy Gillespie with his band on stage in Toronto in 1968 (Categorized under: Live music ) 57 years ago - Wednesday, May 1, 1968 - Downtown at 201 Yonge Street Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives) |
| 1969 |  | University Theatre (1949-1986) on Bloor Street West, north side, between Bellair Street and Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario (Categorized under: Downtown theatres ) 56 years ago - Thursday, May 1, 1969 - Yorkville at 100 Bloor Street West Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1978 |  | Maple Leaf Gardens - David Bowie live in Toronto in 1978 on the Isolar II tour (21 audio tracks) (Categorized under: Live music ) 47 years ago - Monday, May 1, 1978 - Church-Wellesley Village at 50 Carlton Street n.e. corner at Church Street Link to archive record - Map location |
| 1981 |  | St Paul's Basilica - Italianate front exterior - designed by Joseph Connolly (Categorized under: St Pauls Basilica ) 44 years ago - Friday, May 1, 1981 - Corktown at 83 Power Street s.e. corner at Queen St. East Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
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