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A silver spade with wood and metal handle.
Shovel from ground breaking for the Toronto Reference Library
A silver spade with wood and metal handle.

Shovel from ground breaking for the Toronto Reference Library

Date1975
Names
Format
Notes
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Yorkville
North-south street:Yonge Street
Province or state:Ontario
Medium
Dimensions38 cm x 23 cm x 20 cm (14 15/16 in. x 9 1/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
Extent
  • 1 ceremonial shovel
Language
CollectionToronto Public Library Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTPL-A-0437
Digging in for health's sake: Ken Clarke, chairman of Princess Margaret Hospital, gives a heave of the shovel under the watchful eye of Ontario Health Minister Elinor Caplan at ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday for the new hospital on University Ave.
Digging in for health's sake: Ken Clarke, chairman of Princess Margaret Hospital, gives a heave of the shovel under the watchful eye of Ontario Health Minister Elinor Caplan at ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday for the new hospital on University Ave.
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Group outside Dufferin St Clair library turning sod for renovation
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Toronto mayor William Dennison and Ontario Premier John Robarts were on the speakers' platform for the official ground-breaking ceremonies, just a sto(...)
Toronto mayor William Dennison and Ontario Premier John Robarts were on the speakers' platform for the official ground-breaking ceremonies, just a sto(...)
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Breaking ground: Japanese businessman C. L. Sun, left, and Jonas Prince of Realstar Hotels get ready to dig.
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Breaking Ground
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Breaking ground: Stefan Collins, left, filmmaker Lynne Fernie and Councillor Kyle Rae launch the construction of Canada's first AIDS memorial yesterday
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Air Canada Centre Construction ground breaking ceremony
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Changes made: Hospital executive director Douglas Snedden has told The Star: 'We're breaking new ground
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Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
Breaking through the line, University of Toronto police restrain pickets at the Robarts Library today as an employee arrives for work. Library workers(...)
5/29/1991