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Square Tower topped with an orange dome on a hill just south of Hart House on the University of Toronto campus, recalls an early astronomer and geogra(...)
Square Tower topped with an orange dome on a hill just south of Hart House on the University of Toronto campus, recalls an early astronomer and geogra(...)

Square Tower topped with an orange dome on a hill just south of Hart House on the University of Toronto campus, recalls an early astronomer and geogra(...)

Date2/26/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Square Tower topped with an orange dome on a hill just south of Hart House on the University of Toronto campus; recalls an early astronomer and geographer; Sir John Lefroy. The Old Observatory is a stone replica of a wooden building erected in the 1840s; stone replica of a wooden building erected in the 1840s; one of three built in various parts of the world.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0115906F
      Pierre Berton: The prolific author recalls his early years growing up in Canada in Starting Out
      Pierre Berton: The prolific author recalls his early years growing up in Canada in Starting Out
      Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004
      5/12/1987
      Heading for new heights, construction worker Ab Ivany, now working on new Commerce Court tower that will rise 57 storeys, recalls that 41 years ago, i(...)
      Heading for new heights, construction worker Ab Ivany, now working on new Commerce Court tower that will rise 57 storeys, recalls that 41 years ago, i(...)
      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
      11/24/1970
      This graceful paper mobile recalls for Gloria Heller the beauty of Thailand, where the couple spent some time and where Jules gave a seminar on printmaking at the fine arts university in Bangkok
      This graceful paper mobile recalls for Gloria Heller the beauty of Thailand, where the couple spent some time and where Jules gave a seminar on printmaking at the fine arts university in Bangkok
      Darrell, Dick
      9/6/1974
      Riches-to-rags: Toronto actor and producer Doug Smith relaxes at a friend's house yesterday and recalls his horrifying addiction to cocaine
      Riches-to-rags: Toronto actor and producer Doug Smith relaxes at a friend's house yesterday and recalls his horrifying addiction to cocaine
      Cooper, David
      9/3/1986
      With Passover starting tomorrow at sundown, Toronto freelance writer Cayle Chernin recalls her moving visit to Berlin
      With Passover starting tomorrow at sundown, Toronto freelance writer Cayle Chernin recalls her moving visit to Berlin
      Loek, Dick
      4/18/1989
      Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
      Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
      Spremo, Boris
      8/3/1990
      My biggest fear was that I was going to be afraid and not lead my men properly, says Elliot Dalton, right, of Toronto, as he recalls the famous D-Day invasion. He was convinced he would not be killed. His brother, Charles, left, pointing out the position of his men that day, was reported dead, then was found by his brother alive in a U.K. hospital.
      My biggest fear was that I was going to be afraid and not lead my men properly, says Elliot Dalton, right, of Toronto, as he recalls the famous D-Day invasion. He was convinced he would not be killed. His brother, Charles, left, pointing out the position of his men that day, was reported dead, then was found by his brother alive in a U.K. hospital.
      Bull, Ron
      5/30/1978
      Images: Most of the older buildings at the University of toronto, including Hart House with its Soldier's Tower, kept faith with the Gothic theme of dreaming spires
      Images: Most of the older buildings at the University of toronto, including Hart House with its Soldier's Tower, kept faith with the Gothic theme of dreaming spires
      James, Norman
      10/28/1969
      Picture of large tower. 
      Soldier's Tower, Hart House, University of Toronto
      Airmaps Limited (Toronto, Ont.)
      Approximately 193
      Black and white photograph of a bell and clock tower with a gothic archway providing access thr…
      Hart House: Soldiers' Tower at University of Toronto
      Canadian Post Card Company
      Approximately 1955
      Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
      Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/2/1932
      Collapse of Duplessis Bridge recalls the twisted mass of girders which was once the Niagara Falls View bridge
      Collapse of Duplessis Bridge recalls the twisted mass of girders which was once the Niagara Falls View bridge
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/31/1937