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Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)
Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)

Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)

Date7/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Relaxing in the sun; Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack; which opened yesterday. While three children sleep on the ground; David Aspinall; Sharon Manion; Carol Clark and 3-year-old Jeffrey Clark occupy a bench. More than 14;000 Jehovah's Witnesses from Canada and the United States are attending the assembly and from 5;000 to 10;000 volunteers are operating various service departments.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024297F
Speeches are translated into sign language for deaf persons at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly at Woodbine racetrack yesterday. Witnesses acc(...)
Speeches are translated into sign language for deaf persons at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly at Woodbine racetrack yesterday. Witnesses acc(...)
7/26/1973
Umbrellas blossom in the stands at Woodbine racetrack yesterday as rain pours down on the Divine Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses, some of whom came fr(...)
Umbrellas blossom in the stands at Woodbine racetrack yesterday as rain pours down on the Divine Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses, some of whom came fr(...)
7/25/1973
Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)
Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)
7/22/1974
The stage for the Jehovah's Witnesses convention this week at Woodbine racetrack is in front of the track and the tote board (right). More than 30,000(...)
The stage for the Jehovah's Witnesses convention this week at Woodbine racetrack is in front of the track and the tote board (right). More than 30,000(...)
7/24/1973
Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
7/30/1970
E. A. Noseworthy, of Toronto, preaches in the rain to about 29,000 men, women and children at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly yesterday at Wo(...)
E. A. Noseworthy, of Toronto, preaches in the rain to about 29,000 men, women and children at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly yesterday at Wo(...)
7/25/1973
Sharing a Parasol and a hymn book, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers of Wallaceburg, Ont., join 13,500 other Jehovah's Witnesses in the stands at Woodbine race(...)
Sharing a Parasol and a hymn book, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers of Wallaceburg, Ont., join 13,500 other Jehovah's Witnesses in the stands at Woodbine race(...)
7/24/1975
Jehovah's Witness Judy Snow, a 25-year-old paraplegic, is baptized in a wheelchair today during a public baptism for Witnesses at their 1975 assembly (...)
Jehovah's Witness Judy Snow, a 25-year-old paraplegic, is baptized in a wheelchair today during a public baptism for Witnesses at their 1975 assembly (...)
7/25/1975
Jehovah's Witnesses Sing in the Rain, With umbrellas held over their heads, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sing together during convention at Wood(...)
Jehovah's Witnesses Sing in the Rain, With umbrellas held over their heads, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sing together during convention at Wood(...)
7/31/1970
During Jehovah's Witness assembly at Woodbine Racetrack, Sylvia Steffan of London, Ont
During Jehovah's Witness assembly at Woodbine Racetrack, Sylvia Steffan of London, Ont
7/29/1975
At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)
At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)
7/31/1970
Would-be witnesses: Lineups for baptism are common at Jehovah's Witnesses conventions but sect's leaders are distorting truth, book says
Would-be witnesses: Lineups for baptism are common at Jehovah's Witnesses conventions but sect's leaders are distorting truth, book says
7/24/1975