Historic Toronto photos from May 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.

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.

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1911		Church Street north at Wilton Street (Dundas Street) Track laying 113 years ago - Friday, May 5, 1911 - Garden District Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1911		Church and Wilton - laying streetcar track 113 years ago - Friday, May 5, 1911 - Garden District Max temp: 20.0°C - Min temp: 1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1928		Fairchild FC-2 plane carrying first air mail from Leaside 96 years ago - Saturday, May 5, 1928 - Leaside at 76 Brentcliffe Road at Broadway Ave Max temp: 18.3°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1930		East side of Queens Park Crescent - Alexandra Gates on far left, Annesley Hall, Womens Residence, on right (Categorized under: Alexandra Gates ) 94 years ago - Monday, May 5, 1930 - Royal Ontario Museum Max temp: 23.9°C - Min temp: 8.9°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1931		W.A. (Billy) Bishop, V.C., World War I Ace pilot speaking at the opening ceremonies for Barker Field 93 years ago - Tuesday, May 5, 1931 - Lawrence Heights at 3080 Dufferin Street n.w. corner at Lawrence Ave West Max temp: 20.6°C - Min temp: 5.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1931		Billy Bishop, V.C., in polka dot tie at the opening ceremonies for Barker Field 93 years ago - Tuesday, May 5, 1931 - Lawrence Heights at 3080 Dufferin Street n.w. corner at Lawrence Ave West Max temp: 20.6°C - Min temp: 5.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1936		Group of children in a gallery at the AGO 88 years ago - Tuesday, May 5, 1936 - Art Gallery of Ontario at 317 Dundas Street West s.e. corner at Beverley Street Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 7.2°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1952		Runnymede Presbyterian Church, Annette St., n. side, betw. Windermere and Willard Aves. 72 years ago - Monday, May 5, 1952 - Runnymede at 680 Annette Street Max temp: 15.6°C - Min temp: 6.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1954		1949 plaque commemorating the Taiaiagon Iroquois Village that stood in this area 70 years ago - Wednesday, May 5, 1954 - Baby Point at 71 Baby Point Road Max temp: 9.4°C - Min temp: 2.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1983		Looking west along E Liberty St to the Irwin Toys building on Hanna Ave (now the Toy Factory Lofts) 41 years ago - Thursday, May 5, 1983 - Liberty Village at 43 Hanna Ave Max temp: 12.8°C - Min temp: 4.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Collations Flickr stream)
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