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More than 600,000 hail Santa's annual arrival, The head of Mother Goose peers from the front of her float as she surveys the crowd-lined 6-mile parade(...)
More than 600,000 hail Santa's annual arrival, The head of Mother Goose peers from the front of her float as she surveys the crowd-lined 6-mile parade(...)

More than 600,000 hail Santa's annual arrival, The head of Mother Goose peers from the front of her float as she surveys the crowd-lined 6-mile parade(...)

Date11/14/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: More than 600;000 hail Santa's annual arrival; The head of Mother Goose peers from the front of her float as she surveys the crowd-lined 6-mile parade route along which Santa Claus made his triumphant arrival in Toronto Saturday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010711F
Santa's coming: City workers Henning Rasmussen, Geoffrey Emery, centre, and Brent Melanson work on a float for the Christmas parade
Santa's coming: City workers Henning Rasmussen, Geoffrey Emery, centre, and Brent Melanson work on a float for the Christmas parade
11/12/1992
The star of the show, grand old Santa waves from atop his reindeer-powered chariot, the final float in the mile-long Santa Claus parade through Toront(...)
The star of the show, grand old Santa waves from atop his reindeer-powered chariot, the final float in the mile-long Santa Claus parade through Toront(...)
11/13/1971
Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)
Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)
11/14/1970
Santa Claus waves to cheering crowds as he passes old city hall in the parade Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of children and adults lined the ro(...)
Santa Claus waves to cheering crowds as he passes old city hall in the parade Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of children and adults lined the ro(...)
11/18/1973
A New element in the creation of this year's Santa Claus parade floats was the use of polyurethane foam rather than papier mache. Using the foam was c(...)
A New element in the creation of this year's Santa Claus parade floats was the use of polyurethane foam rather than papier mache. Using the foam was c(...)
11/17/1974
Out of the cave age to help celebrate Santa's arrival in Toronto on Saturday, a mechanized Dino, the friendly dinosaur from the Flintstones' cartoon, (...)
Out of the cave age to help celebrate Santa's arrival in Toronto on Saturday, a mechanized Dino, the friendly dinosaur from the Flintstones' cartoon, (...)
11/13/1971
It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
11/8/1976
Kicking off santa claus parade, Kyle Kofsky gets the boot yesterday from the big, bad wolf on a float waiting in a Weston warehouse for this year's Santa Claus parade
Kicking off santa claus parade, Kyle Kofsky gets the boot yesterday from the big, bad wolf on a float waiting in a Weston warehouse for this year's Santa Claus parade
10/22/1990
Getting all ready for Santa, Twenty-five floats for Eaton's traditional Santa Claus parade are in various stages of completion in Eaton's warehouse, w(...)
Getting all ready for Santa, Twenty-five floats for Eaton's traditional Santa Claus parade are in various stages of completion in Eaton's warehouse, w(...)
9/23/1975
Santa's clowns shook a thousand hands as the parade moved along Bloor St
Santa's clowns shook a thousand hands as the parade moved along Bloor St
11/13/1977
The jolly old guy himself takes a breather after checking out the floats for this year's 82nd annual Santa Claus parade through downtown Toronto. He'l(...)
The jolly old guy himself takes a breather after checking out the floats for this year's 82nd annual Santa Claus parade through downtown Toronto. He'l(...)
10/20/1987
Last-minute dental work, Artist and sculptor Peter Brown does a last-minute touch-up on a giraffe for a float in tomorrow's Santa Claus parade. The annual event begins at 1 p.m
Last-minute dental work, Artist and sculptor Peter Brown does a last-minute touch-up on a giraffe for a float in tomorrow's Santa Claus parade. The annual event begins at 1 p.m
11/4/1988