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Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)
Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)

Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)

Date5/16/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Landmarks Leaving; The Electrical Building; just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition; is being demolished but the eight 15-foot statues are being stored for future use. Crane lifts foreman Nick Pilegge in basket to rope a statue.
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111986F
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
5/16/1972
The princes' gates: The design was to symbolize Canada, with nine huge columns on either side of the main entrance representing the then nine provinces
The princes' gates: The design was to symbolize Canada, with nine huge columns on either side of the main entrance representing the then nine provinces
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/8/1990
Entrances princes' gates
Entrances princes' gates
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
10/22/1985
Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C
Weakened - Civic officials believe this is Peace above the Princes Gate at the C
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
1/25/1940
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/21/1981
Sprucing Up The CNE, Restoring the 12-foot-high winged figure atop Princes' Gate at the eastern end of Exhibition Park, Attilio Gandri works 85 feet a(...)
Sprucing Up The CNE, Restoring the 12-foot-high winged figure atop Princes' Gate at the eastern end of Exhibition Park, Attilio Gandri works 85 feet a(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/15/1974
Heady business, Mason Jim Spooner places the restored head on to a figure at the Princes' Gate at Exhibition Place yesterday
Heady business, Mason Jim Spooner places the restored head on to a figure at the Princes' Gate at Exhibition Place yesterday
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
7/27/1994
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
3/12/1974
Press building at the exhibition is in the path of the proposed straightening and widening of Princes' Boulevard
Press building at the exhibition is in the path of the proposed straightening and widening of Princes' Boulevard
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
4/17/1946
The artistic new entrance to the Electrical Building at Exhibition Park, Toronto, with figures on top representing various stages of the industry's advance
The artistic new entrance to the Electrical Building at Exhibition Park, Toronto, with figures on top representing various stages of the industry's advance
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
2/21/1929
A portal of the electrical and engineering building at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
A portal of the electrical and engineering building at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
Boyd, John
n.d.
Horticultural Building., Interior
Horticultural Building., Interior
Pringle & Booth
1922