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Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau, in Munich yesterday, waves a specially-made flag with the emblem of the 1976 Olympic Games, to which Canada will be host.(...)
Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau, in Munich yesterday, waves a specially-made flag with the emblem of the 1976 Olympic Games, to which Canada will be host.(...)

Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau, in Munich yesterday, waves a specially-made flag with the emblem of the 1976 Olympic Games, to which Canada will be host.(...)

Date8/22/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau; in Munich yesterday; waves a specially-made flag with the emblem of the 1976 Olympic Games; to which Canada will be host. He explained that the five rings at the bottom are the Olympic symbol and the three at the for Montreal. There was a speech; in French; by d Rousseau; lent by Ottawa to be commissioner-general [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0096722F
      Olympic flame, which lit Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau's imgination for 13 years as he struggled to bring the Olympic Games to his city, illuminates him(...)
      Olympic flame, which lit Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau's imgination for 13 years as he struggled to bring the Olympic Games to his city, illuminates him(...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/16/1976
      Montreal Mayor Drapeau in Olympic Velodrome: Taiwan issue adds to a host of other woes for the Games
      Montreal Mayor Drapeau in Olympic Velodrome: Taiwan issue adds to a host of other woes for the Games
      Bezant, Graham
      7/7/1976
      Mayor Jean Drapeau snagged the '76 Olympics for Montreal and oversaw construction of an incredible sports complex, whose entrepiece was the stadium ab(...)
      Mayor Jean Drapeau snagged the '76 Olympics for Montreal and oversaw construction of an incredible sports complex, whose entrepiece was the stadium ab(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/28/1980
      His victory is double-ok with him, Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau signifies as he gestures during his speech after his Civic Party made a clean sweep i(...)
      His victory is double-ok with him, Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau signifies as he gestures during his speech after his Civic Party made a clean sweep i(...)
      Drapeau, Jean, 1916-1999
      10/25/1970
      Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17,(...)
      Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17,(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/7/1972
      Munich's lavish layout for the 1972 Olympics cost a total of about $620 million, of which the city of Munich contributed only $53 million. In 1976 the(...)
      Munich's lavish layout for the 1972 Olympics cost a total of about $620 million, of which the city of Munich contributed only $53 million. In 1976 the(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/14/1972
      Bargain is sealed with a handshake at Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau's press conference at the Royal York today where Drapeau won Mayor William Dennison'(...)
      Bargain is sealed with a handshake at Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau's press conference at the Royal York today where Drapeau won Mayor William Dennison'(...)
      Drapeau, Jean, 1916-1999
      10/24/1967
      The comeback trail. Bruce Kidd, once Canada's foremost distance runner, is back in training and setting his sights at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Kidd is 31 years old now
      The comeback trail. Bruce Kidd, once Canada's foremost distance runner, is back in training and setting his sights at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Kidd is 31 years old now
      Kidd, Bruce
      4/28/1975
      Glenda Reiser, in fourth place, is forced to the outside in the semi-final of the women's 1,500-metre race at the Munich Olympic games. Only 17, Glend(...)
      Glenda Reiser, in fourth place, is forced to the outside in the semi-final of the women's 1,500-metre race at the Munich Olympic games. Only 17, Glend(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      1/27/1973
      Roger Rousseau, organizing committee chairman for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, says Toronto is unlikely to play any role in Games because of an Olympic ruling
      Roger Rousseau, organizing committee chairman for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, says Toronto is unlikely to play any role in Games because of an Olympic ruling
      Bull, Ron
      2/21/1973
      Busily scribbling notes, Mayor William Dennison heard Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau tell a press conference Montreal has a duty to keep Expo alive, an(...)
      Busily scribbling notes, Mayor William Dennison heard Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau tell a press conference Montreal has a duty to keep Expo alive, an(...)
      Dennison, William
      10/24/1967
      Geoff Hurst, a dirver from Etobicoke, waves his Blue Jays umbrella in the opening parade of the Commonwealth Games yesterday. Today, Canadians Sharon (...)
      Geoff Hurst, a dirver from Etobicoke, waves his Blue Jays umbrella in the opening parade of the Commonwealth Games yesterday. Today, Canadians Sharon (...)
      Commonwealth Games (11th : 1978 : Edmonton, Alta.)
      7/24/1986