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was a good 80 feet between the painter, top right, and the ground as he stretched far out to sla on the big white sphere above the door of the Manufac(...)
was a good 80 feet between the painter, top right, and the ground as he stretched far out to sla on the big white sphere above the door of the Manufac(...)

was a good 80 feet between the painter, top right, and the ground as he stretched far out to sla on the big white sphere above the door of the Manufac(...)

Date8/19/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: was a good 80 feet between the painter; top right; and the ground as he stretched far out to sla on the big white sphere above the door of the Manufacturers building a final dab of a paint [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112036F
Silent partner: Don't look now, but there's somebody right behind you, painter John Hinds, left, seems to be saying to his colleague John Spanu as they take a lunch break at Exhibition Place
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8/11/1981
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
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8/31/1937
Sprucing Up The CNE, Restoring the 12-foot-high winged figure atop Princes' Gate at the eastern end of Exhibition Park, Attilio Gandri works 85 feet a(...)
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Live Stock Arena Exhibition Grounds
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There are far better places to visit than Ontario Place, above, reader says, which offer much more at a fraction of the cost
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Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
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The artistic new entrance to the Electrical Building at Exhibition Park, Toronto, with figures on top representing various stages of the industry's advance
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The quiet side of the ex, Johnson Lee, a finger-painter who has appeared on television shows 200 times, demonstrates his art every few hours in the ar(...)
The quiet side of the ex, Johnson Lee, a finger-painter who has appeared on television shows 200 times, demonstrates his art every few hours in the ar(...)
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The kids of summer: Watching the fish through the glass wall at Metro Zoo, and (top picture) the rubber boats are always a big hit at Ontario Place
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