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Ships - Playfair
Ships - Playfair

Ships - Playfair

Date5/24/1994
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ships, Playfair
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014350F
      Ships - Playfair
      Ships - Playfair
      Spremo, Boris
      6/2/1997
      New ship of old style, A 60-foot brigantine, the Playfair, is commissioned at York Quay of Harborfront yesterday with flags flying. The ship, a studen(...)
      New ship of old style, A 60-foot brigantine, the Playfair, is commissioned at York Quay of Harborfront yesterday with flags flying. The ship, a studen(...)
      Loek, Dick
      7/3/1974
      The Queen names a new brigantine Playfair while young sailors watch from a sister ship, the Pathfinder, which is used to train Sea Cadels, off Confede(...)
      The Queen names a new brigantine Playfair while young sailors watch from a sister ship, the Pathfinder, which is used to train Sea Cadels, off Confede(...)
      Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
      6/27/1973
      The Q ships of World War I, George Algert Foulis, an 80-year-old retired captain of ships on the Atlantic and the Great Lakes, builds models of Q ship(...)
      The Q ships of World War I, George Algert Foulis, an 80-year-old retired captain of ships on the Atlantic and the Great Lakes, builds models of Q ship(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      9/25/1973
      Ships ahoy, As the first of what undoubtedly will be many foreign ships pulling into the bustling Toronto Harbor this season, the Yugoslav ship Solta (...)
      Ships ahoy, As the first of what undoubtedly will be many foreign ships pulling into the bustling Toronto Harbor this season, the Yugoslav ship Solta (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/9/1986
      Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
      Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
      Teskey, Frank
      2/6/1972
      Built in 1849. Tom Taylor's Ship's Chandler saw better days when sailing ships unloaded at rear. Now it's a deteriorating wholesaler's warehouse
      Built in 1849. Tom Taylor's Ship's Chandler saw better days when sailing ships unloaded at rear. Now it's a deteriorating wholesaler's warehouse
      Bakerly, Harold
      3/25/1970
      Ships - Sailing - Tall Ships
      Ships - Sailing - Tall Ships
      Spremo, Boris
      9/22/1993
      Image shows a lifeboat drill in progress: a person climbing the ladder and lifeboat being unloa…
      A safety check-up for ships. Lifeboat drill is one of the things marine engineers inspect on lake ships before the shipping season opens. Aboard the C(...)
      Loek, Dick
      3/29/1974
      Ships that pass: The Wind Spirit about to be overtaken by its sister ship, Wind star
      Ships that pass: The Wind Spirit about to be overtaken by its sister ship, Wind star
      Spremo, Boris
      9/12/1992
      C.S.L. passenger ships Toronto and Kingston, Kingston will Join Companion Ship in Retirement
      C.S.L. passenger ships Toronto and Kingston, Kingston will Join Companion Ship in Retirement
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/4/1950
      Fun Ship: Life aboard the warship HMCS Annapolis seemed luxurious to Soviet sailors, who marvelled at its microwave oven, popcorn - and the ship's photocopier
      Fun Ship: Life aboard the warship HMCS Annapolis seemed luxurious to Soviet sailors, who marvelled at its microwave oven, popcorn - and the ship's photocopier
      Bull, Ron
      8/24/1982