Historic Toronto photos from May 28

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 May 28: wholemap.com/May28

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.

 
 

1912 Historic photo from Tuesday, May 28, 1912 - St. Clair looking East from Bathurst Street @ R.J. Fleming property in Forest HillSt. Clair looking East from Bathurst Street @ R.J. Fleming property
113 years ago - Tuesday, May 28, 1912 - Forest Hill at 498 St Clair Ave West n.e. corner at Bathurst Street
Max temp: 26.1°C - Min temp: 11.7°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1915 Historic photo from Friday, May 28, 1915 - Bloor Street widening at Jarvis Street in Upper JarvisBloor Street widening at Jarvis Street
110 years ago - Friday, May 28, 1915 - Upper Jarvis
Max temp: 17.2°C - Min temp: 3.9°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1918 Historic photo from Tuesday, May 28, 1918 - 3:56PM Fire Hall tower, C. N. E. in CNE3:56PM Fire Hall tower, C. N. E.
107 years ago - Tuesday, May 28, 1918 - CNE
Max temp: 22.2°C - Min temp: 15.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1938 Historic photo from Saturday, May 28, 1938 - W. York Laundry at 390-396 Church Street in Garden DistrictW. York Laundry at 390-396 Church Street
87 years ago - Saturday, May 28, 1938 - Garden District
Max temp: 22.2°C - Min temp: 15.0°C (weather details)
Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1969 Historic photo from Wednesday, May 28, 1969 - PM's drive-in burger restaurant on Yonge St. near Summerhill in the late 1960s in SummerhillPM's drive-in burger restaurant on Yonge St. near Summerhill in the late 1960s
56 years ago - Wednesday, May 28, 1969 - Summerhill at 1200 Yonge Street south of Summerhill Ave
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1973 Historic photo from Monday, May 28, 1973 - Colonial tavern - One of the most influential modern jazz artists, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman in DowntownColonial tavern - One of the most influential modern jazz artists, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman
(Categorized under: Live music )
52 years ago - Monday, May 28, 1973 - Downtown at 201 Yonge Street
Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
2004 Historic photo from Friday, May 28, 2004 - Atlantis pavilions with sign over the water at Ontario Place in Ontario PlaceAtlantis pavilions with sign over the water at Ontario Place
21 years ago - Friday, May 28, 2004 - Ontario Place at 955 Lakeshore Boulevard West
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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