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Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C
Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C

Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C

Date1/25/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C.N.E. They are quite sure that $6;900 won't be spent to strengthen it
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0112055F
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/21/1981
The princes' gates: The design was to symbolize Canada, with nine huge columns on either side of the main entrance representing the then nine provinces
The princes' gates: The design was to symbolize Canada, with nine huge columns on either side of the main entrance representing the then nine provinces
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/8/1990
Heady business, Mason Jim Spooner places the restored head on to a figure at the Princes' Gate at Exhibition Place yesterday
Heady business, Mason Jim Spooner places the restored head on to a figure at the Princes' Gate at Exhibition Place yesterday
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/27/1994
Entrances princes' gates
Entrances princes' gates
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
10/22/1985
Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)
Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
5/16/1972
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
5/16/1972
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(...)
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(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/15/1974
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
3/12/1974
Press building at the exhibition is in the path of the proposed straightening and widening of Princes' Boulevard
Press building at the exhibition is in the path of the proposed straightening and widening of Princes' Boulevard
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
4/17/1946
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(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/19/1939
Army of workmen is busy these days getting Exhibition Park in shape for first C
Army of workmen is busy these days getting Exhibition Park in shape for first C
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/3/1947
Watching the fire which left the seating section in blackened ruins, was Elwood Hughes, general manager of the C
Watching the fire which left the seating section in blackened ruins, was Elwood Hughes, general manager of the C
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
4/15/1946