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Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)
Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)

Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)

Date9/1/1971
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  • Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)
  • Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple Leaf Gardens shares from John Bassett. Looking on from behind are (left to right) L.C.E. (Edward) Lawrence, Vice President of the Toronto Dominion Bank, Donald Giffen, a director of Maple Leaf Gardens and Allen T. Lambert, Toronto Dominion Chairman and President. The Toronto Dominion Bank was lending the $5,886,600 to purchase the 196,220 share of Gardens stock held by Bassett.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple Leaf Gardens shares from John Bassett. Looking on from behind are (left to right) L.C.E. (Edward) Lawrence, Vice President of the Toronto Dominion Bank, Donald Giffen, a director of Maple Leaf Gardens and Allen T. Lambert, Toronto Dominion Chairman and President. The Toronto Dominion Bank was lending the $5,886,600 to purchase the 196,220 share of Gardens stock held by Bassett.
GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030540F
Harold Ballard (left) and Stafford Smythe have been charged under the Income Tax Act with offences involving $278,920 for Smythe and $134,685 for Ball(...)
Harold Ballard (left) and Stafford Smythe have been charged under the Income Tax Act with offences involving $278,920 for Smythe and $134,685 for Ball(...)
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
7/9/1969
Bill Ballard, left, and Maple Leaf boss Donald Giffin, on opposite sides of the tortuous battle for control of Maple Leaf Gardens
Bill Ballard, left, and Maple Leaf boss Donald Giffin, on opposite sides of the tortuous battle for control of Maple Leaf Gardens
Ballard, Bill
3/3/1991
Maple Leafs' owner Harold Ballard sits in Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday and reminisces about his 60-year friendship with King Clancy, who is in critica(...)
Maple Leafs' owner Harold Ballard sits in Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday and reminisces about his 60-year friendship with King Clancy, who is in critica(...)
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
11/9/1986
The president of Maple Leaf Gardens, Harold Ballard, and his son Bill look at diploma young Ballard received yesterday at the spring convocation of Yo(...)
The president of Maple Leaf Gardens, Harold Ballard, and his son Bill look at diploma young Ballard received yesterday at the spring convocation of Yo(...)
Ballard, Bill
6/12/1972
Bill Ballard: He has pleaded not guilty to charge of assaulting Yolanda Ballard in an incident at Maple Leaf Gardens
Bill Ballard: He has pleaded not guilty to charge of assaulting Yolanda Ballard in an incident at Maple Leaf Gardens
Ballard, Bill
6/27/1989
Blow-out: Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard celebrated his 86th birthday with companion Yolando Ballard and friends at his Georgian Bay cottage yesterday
Blow-out: Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard celebrated his 86th birthday with companion Yolando Ballard and friends at his Georgian Bay cottage yesterday
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
7/30/1989
The last goodbye: Yolanda Ballard gets a police escort into Maple Leaf Gardens today as she goes to say a final farewell to Harold Ballard
The last goodbye: Yolanda Ballard gets a police escort into Maple Leaf Gardens today as she goes to say a final farewell to Harold Ballard
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
4/16/1990
Maple leafs' president Harold Ballard tries table hockey in attempt to solve team's problems
Maple leafs' president Harold Ballard tries table hockey in attempt to solve team's problems
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
11/29/1974
Harold Ballard, the president and general manager of Maple Leaf Gardens, sentenced to three years for theft and fraud, sees his first live hockey game(...)
Harold Ballard, the president and general manager of Maple Leaf Gardens, sentenced to three years for theft and fraud, sees his first live hockey game(...)
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
10/10/1973
Gardens reception. Harold Ballard Jr., son of the president of Maple Leaf Gardens, is pictured with his bride Nelja Botrie, as they arrived at their r(...)
Gardens reception. Harold Ballard Jr., son of the president of Maple Leaf Gardens, is pictured with his bride Nelja Botrie, as they arrived at their r(...)
Ballard, Harold Jr
9/29/1976
Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
4/16/1990
Canada's biggest rock promoter is Maple Leaf Gardens' Bill Ballard
Canada's biggest rock promoter is Maple Leaf Gardens' Bill Ballard
Ballard, Bill
7/9/1974