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Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)
Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)

Dressed as William of orange, Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk, celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Bo(...)

Date7/10/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dressed as William of orange; Constable Maurice Clarke prepared to lead today's Orange Walk; celebrating the 281st anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne; in which Protestant William defeated James II; Britain's last Roman Catholic monarch. Today's also the 150th anniversary of the first Toronto Orange Walk.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010680F
A King and his steed, This year's King Billy in the traditional Orange Parade, Maurice Clarke, prepared to mount his white horse, Chieftain. Keep Cana(...)
A King and his steed, This year's King Billy in the traditional Orange Parade, Maurice Clarke, prepared to mount his white horse, Chieftain. Keep Cana(...)
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Ready to ride as King Billy on his traditional white horse in today's Orange parade is County Marshal Fred Woods
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Leading the parade, Maurice Clarke, 35, dressed as King Billy, starts off from Queen's Park today with 4,000 Orangemen, their wives and friends in the(...)
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Colour postcard depicting large masses of people crowded on the streets of Toronto. A shop in t ...
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A photograph of a parade in the middle of a paved city street, with many spectators lining the ...
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