Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
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

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

Date8/8/1990
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112053F
      Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
      Princes' Gates, eastern entrance Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
      Royal Specialty Sales
      Approximately 1958
      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
      Prince of Wales entrance-Prince's Gates
      Prince of Wales entrance-Prince's Gates
      Ontario. Department of Education
      1930
      Entrances princes' gates
      Entrances princes' gates
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      10/22/1985
      Giving the moon a hand. The winged figure atop Princes' Gates at Exhibition Park seems to be trying to light the dark side of the moon in a double exp(...)
      Giving the moon a hand. The winged figure atop Princes' Gates at Exhibition Park seems to be trying to light the dark side of the moon in a double exp(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/25/1974
      Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
      Princes' Gates, Fleet Street, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
      Valentine-Black Co.
      Approximately 1930
      Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone. People are walk…
      Princes' Gates, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
      Approximately 1945
      The Princes' Gates, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto)
      The Princes' Gates, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto)
      Unknown
      1950
      Military beat: One of the bands in the Warriors' Day Parade marches through the Princes' Gates heading towards Exhibition Stadium
      Military beat: One of the bands in the Warriors' Day Parade marches through the Princes' Gates heading towards Exhibition Stadium
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/22/1992
      8,000 soldiers and veterans marched from the Princes' Gates to the CNE Grandstand on Saturday in the 48th Warriors' Day parade. Seventypfive military (...)
      8,000 soldiers and veterans marched from the Princes' Gates to the CNE Grandstand on Saturday in the 48th Warriors' Day parade. Seventypfive military (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/19/1973
      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(...)
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      5/16/1972
      Princes' Gates, looking west
      Princes' Gates, looking west
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1952-03