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Clean-Up at Queen's park, Queen's Park, the 80-year-old sandstone and granite home of the provincial government, is getting cleaned up
Clean-Up at Queen's park, Queen's Park, the 80-year-old sandstone and granite home of the provincial government, is getting cleaned up

Clean-Up at Queen's park, Queen's Park, the 80-year-old sandstone and granite home of the provincial government, is getting cleaned up

Date4/26/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Clean-Up at Queen's park; Queen's Park; the 80-year-old sandstone and granite home of the provincial government; is getting cleaned up.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0110408F
      Examining ivy on the walls of Queen's Park, Public Works Minister James Auld says it will have to be cut down this fall so the 83-year-old building can be cleaned
      Examining ivy on the walls of Queen's Park, Public Works Minister James Auld says it will have to be cut down this fall so the 83-year-old building can be cleaned
      Beaty, Keith
      7/21/1971
      He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
      He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/13/1978
      New space for queen's park. Previously postponed to ease inflationary pressure, construction of a $24 million provincial government office complex was(...)
      New space for queen's park. Previously postponed to ease inflationary pressure, construction of a $24 million provincial government office complex was(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/10/1970
      Provincial protest: Marchers from across southern Ontario gather outside Queen's Park yesterday to take the government to task for its new rent control plan
      Provincial protest: Marchers from across southern Ontario gather outside Queen's Park yesterday to take the government to task for its new rent control plan
      Gower, Patti
      12/10/1990
      Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
      Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      12/27/1967
      Camping out at Queen's Park, strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the job(...)
      Camping out at Queen's Park, strikers from Toronto Western Hospital say they'll stay there until the provincial government helps them get back the job(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      8/9/1972
      Fanfare of seven trumpets greeted Quebec Premier Jean Lesage as he walked up the steps of Queen's Park this afternoon on visit to Toronto as guest of the Ontario government
      Fanfare of seven trumpets greeted Quebec Premier Jean Lesage as he walked up the steps of Queen's Park this afternoon on visit to Toronto as guest of the Ontario government
      Grant, Frank
      2/21/1964
      Honoring the Earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
      Honoring the Earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      4/22/1992
      Honoring the earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
      Honoring the earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
      Loek, Dick
      4/22/1992
      Beauty queens make a conquest in Queen's park, Ontario Provincial Secretary John Yaremko, who is also provincial citizenship minister, receives a huge(...)
      Beauty queens make a conquest in Queen's park, Ontario Provincial Secretary John Yaremko, who is also provincial citizenship minister, receives a huge(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/15/1971
      NDP outgrows its Caucus room. The 38 New Democrats elected to the Legislature last week couldn't fit in their old caucus room at Queen's Park today and had to meet in a committee room to plan their strategy as Opposition. Leader Stephen Lewis (left) talked with Dr. Charles Godfrey (Durham West), of the Pickering anti-airport group People Or Planes. Behind them is former provincial leader Donald MacDonald (third from right).
      NDP outgrows its Caucus room. The 38 New Democrats elected to the Legislature last week couldn't fit in their old caucus room at Queen's Park today and had to meet in a committee room to plan their strategy as Opposition. Leader Stephen Lewis (left) talked with Dr. Charles Godfrey (Durham West), of the Pickering anti-airport group People Or Planes. Behind them is former provincial leader Donald MacDonald (third from right).
      Lewis, Stephen, 1937-
      9/24/1975
      Going home: Activists Scott Graham, 33, hoisting tent, and 17-year-old Jarrad Meshwork prepare to leave their Queen's Park camp yesterday now the gulf war is over
      Going home: Activists Scott Graham, 33, hoisting tent, and 17-year-old Jarrad Meshwork prepare to leave their Queen's Park camp yesterday now the gulf war is over
      Loek, Dick
      2/28/1991