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Holiday spirit short-circuited, On Christmas Day there were 100 bright, sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murra(...)
Holiday spirit short-circuited, On Christmas Day there were 100 bright, sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murra(...)

Holiday spirit short-circuited, On Christmas Day there were 100 bright, sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murra(...)

Date1/2/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Holiday spirit short-circuited; On Christmas Day there were 100 bright; sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murray; in Willowdale. After Boxing Day; the trees were forlorn in lightless wiring.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120873F
City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
12/2/1968
Bright idea: Some 120,000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs
Bright idea: Some 120,000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs
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Christmas spirit at a refinery, Lots of Christmas lights glitter throughout the area, but none more than those on the Shell refinery on the lakeshore in Bronte
12/16/1974
High on a hill: Conventional electricity is only used for light bulbs, stereo, television and appliances in this 65-foot tall, 3,000 square feet home
High on a hill: Conventional electricity is only used for light bulbs, stereo, television and appliances in this 65-foot tall, 3,000 square feet home
12/27/1990
The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
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Apartment locker broken into, Wirecutters were used to cut opening in partition
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150 Windows were smashed last night at Ryerson Public School on Grange Rd
150 Windows were smashed last night at Ryerson Public School on Grange Rd
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Family threatened: Paint spread throughout the home of Robin and Charles Giordmaina and notes threatening harm to their children are the latest in a series of harassments against their family
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Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
12/8/1983
60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's, It will blink with 4,500 colored electric lights during holiday
60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's, It will blink with 4,500 colored electric lights during holiday
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Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
11/11/1974
Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
Christmas atop the Haida, Christmas trees are all over town, including the very top of the topmast of the HMCS Haida, a retired destroyer moored off O(...)
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