Bandleader Moxie Whitney celebrates his 20th season at the Royal York Hotel this year

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Bandleader Moxie Whitney celebrates his 20th season at the Royal York Hotel this year

Date9/9/1969

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Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Whitney, Moxie, 1919-1989 (subject)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Bandleader Moxie Whitney celebrates his 20th season at the Royal York Hotel this year. He opened at the Imperial Room in 1948 and, except for a year's absence during a hotel strike in 1961, he has been there ever since.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089145F

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