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Flagging down a faux pas. Faces were red at Queen's Park yesterday when it was discovered someone from the Ontario Government Protective Services depa(...)
Flagging down a faux pas. Faces were red at Queen's Park yesterday when it was discovered someone from the Ontario Government Protective Services depa(...)

Flagging down a faux pas. Faces were red at Queen's Park yesterday when it was discovered someone from the Ontario Government Protective Services depa(...)

Date4/20/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flagging down a faux pas. Faces were red at Queen's Park yesterday when it was discovered someone from the Ontario Government Protective Services department put up a 3- by 5 1/2 - metre(9- by 18-foot) Canadian flag with the maple leaf pointing down. Supervisor Al Smith restores the flag to dignity minutes after the department was told of its goof.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007094F
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