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Open air skating and the archer proved a strong draw to phillips square
Open air skating and the archer proved a strong draw to phillips square

Open air skating and the archer proved a strong draw to phillips square

Date10/30/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Open air skating and the archer proved a strong draw to phillips square. 100;000 have seen 'the archer'.
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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_0104318F
Nathan Phillips Square art show, life-sized sculpture of a young girl by John R. Raine
Nathan Phillips Square art show, life-sized sculpture of a young girl by John R. Raine
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Get me to the church on time! Leaving this 23-year-old groom-to-be in Nathan Phillips Square, with hands bound, legs manacled to Henry Moore's sculptu(...)
Get me to the church on time! Leaving this 23-year-old groom-to-be in Nathan Phillips Square, with hands bound, legs manacled to Henry Moore's sculptu(...)
8/11/1967
Toronto's first peek at the $100,000 sculpture was obtained when Str photographer Boris Spremo (below) sprawled at Nathan Phillips Square and stuck his camera inside the protective case
Toronto's first peek at the $100,000 sculpture was obtained when Str photographer Boris Spremo (below) sprawled at Nathan Phillips Square and stuck his camera inside the protective case
10/25/1966
Controversial piece: The hulking bronze sculpture of The Archer caused a public furor when it was brought to grace the square outside Toronto City Hall at taxpayers' expense
Controversial piece: The hulking bronze sculpture of The Archer caused a public furor when it was brought to grace the square outside Toronto City Hall at taxpayers' expense
8/31/1986
Art you can sunbathe on. In Celsius and Fahrenheit, the temperature's getting up and sitting in the sun is a pleasant pastime. In Nathan Phillips Squa(...)
Art you can sunbathe on. In Celsius and Fahrenheit, the temperature's getting up and sitting in the sun is a pleasant pastime. In Nathan Phillips Squa(...)
4/14/1975
Dawn raiders scrub the archer. City Hall cleaners staged a dawn raid on The Archer today and gave the sculpture its first cleaning since it was put in(...)
Dawn raiders scrub the archer. City Hall cleaners staged a dawn raid on The Archer today and gave the sculpture its first cleaning since it was put in(...)
3/10/1967
Plywood curtain for 'Archer'. Workmen keep eye on Three Way Piece No. 2-The Archer, but wooden fence keeps public's eye off it until it is unveiled to(...)
Plywood curtain for 'Archer'. Workmen keep eye on Three Way Piece No. 2-The Archer, but wooden fence keeps public's eye off it until it is unveiled to(...)
10/25/1966
Moore's Archer. new city hall are signs of today's dynamic Toronto. They typify the expansionist platform on which Mayor Givens is seeking re-election
Moore's Archer. new city hall are signs of today's dynamic Toronto. They typify the expansionist platform on which Mayor Givens is seeking re-election
10/27/1966
Sculpture - Archer, The
Sculpture - Archer, The
10/25/1966
Controller William Dennison and Moore's sculpture, Archer
Controller William Dennison and Moore's sculpture, Archer
10/2/1966
The clamshell dome of City Hall's Council Chamber forms an effective backdrop for Henry Moore's The Archer, seen from the 14th floor of a nearby buldi(...)
The clamshell dome of City Hall's Council Chamber forms an effective backdrop for Henry Moore's The Archer, seen from the 14th floor of a nearby buldi(...)
10/2/1966
Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
9/17/1979