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Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday
Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday

Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana, which opens Friday

Date7/27/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Steel Bands turn Toronto Islands into Caribbean islands during the next few days during Caribana; which opens Friday. Last night the first of three cruises to get Torontonians in the mood was held with the Steltones playing.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0102987F
      Robert Salna, a Richmond Hill mining engineer, opens a mine next week on the Caribbean island of Aruba, where he found chunks of quartz rich with gold veins
      Robert Salna, a Richmond Hill mining engineer, opens a mine next week on the Caribbean island of Aruba, where he found chunks of quartz rich with gold veins
      Dexter, Brian
      4/30/1990
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Beaty, Keith
      8/1/1981
      Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)
      Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)
      Ross, Fred
      8/1/1970
      Above: The most exotic islands in the Caribbean are the San Blas group, off Panama, where the old matriarchal culture lingers on
      Above: The most exotic islands in the Caribbean are the San Blas group, off Panama, where the old matriarchal culture lingers on
      Bryant, George
      3/6/1974
      Calypso Beat helps attract tens of thousands of Canadians to the islands of the Caribbean and Bahamas
      Calypso Beat helps attract tens of thousands of Canadians to the islands of the Caribbean and Bahamas
      Spremo, Boris
      10/25/1975
      Caribbean - Dependencies - British Virgin Islands
      Caribbean - Dependencies - British Virgin Islands
      Bryant, George
      1/19/1985
      The snow-white beaches and swaying palms of the Caribbean islands beckon you
      The snow-white beaches and swaying palms of the Caribbean islands beckon you
      Spremo, Boris
      2/25/1971
      Peaceful scenes on Toronto Islands lure recreational artists by the score these summer days
      Peaceful scenes on Toronto Islands lure recreational artists by the score these summer days
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/20/1978
      An unusually serious Jack Lemmon makes a point with his cigar during a press conference in Toronto yesterday to publicize his latest movie, Save the Tiger, which opens Friday at the Towne Cinema
      An unusually serious Jack Lemmon makes a point with his cigar during a press conference in Toronto yesterday to publicize his latest movie, Save the Tiger, which opens Friday at the Towne Cinema
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/12/1973
      Tied up on the phone, After five days and five nights on a train from Vancouver with his 14 Holsteins, Andy Ness telephones his safe arrival at the Royal Winter Fair, which opens Friday
      Tied up on the phone, After five days and five nights on a train from Vancouver with his 14 Holsteins, Andy Ness telephones his safe arrival at the Royal Winter Fair, which opens Friday
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/11/1974
      Bombs, Robombs, the Nazis threw everything they had at Britain, but through the island's darkest days the King, the Queen and Prime Minister Churchill remained through it all, steadfast side by side
      Bombs, Robombs, the Nazis threw everything they had at Britain, but through the island's darkest days the King, the Queen and Prime Minister Churchill remained through it all, steadfast side by side
      George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
      5/7/1945
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      That lighthouse, built on the island's Gibraltor point 136 years ago, at what then was the edge of the water saw many wrecks in the old sailing days w(...)
      Richardson, Gerald
      3/17/1945