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Virtually a lost art for the modern Metro firefighter, Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers shows how to slide down the brass pole at Adelaide St. fire(...)
Virtually a lost art for the modern Metro firefighter, Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers shows how to slide down the brass pole at Adelaide St. fire(...)

Virtually a lost art for the modern Metro firefighter, Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers shows how to slide down the brass pole at Adelaide St. fire(...)

Date11/3/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Virtually a lost art for the modern Metro firefighter, Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers shows how to slide down the brass pole at Adelaide St. fireball. Almost all firehalls in Metro are single-storey structures.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0037204F
      Little Trinity Church bell rings out the last moments of 1971, tolled by Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers
      Little Trinity Church bell rings out the last moments of 1971, tolled by Toronto Fire Chief Charles Chambers
      Chambers, Charlie
      12/31/1971
      Charles Chambers Retired Toronto Fire Chief
      Charles Chambers Retired Toronto Fire Chief
      Darrell, Dick
      12/31/1986
      Charles Chambers: Retired fire chief rings the bells in Little Trinity Church
      Charles Chambers: Retired fire chief rings the bells in Little Trinity Church
      Chambers, Charlie
      1/1/1985
      Charles Chambers: Fire chief was 'patron' of Church and school
      Charles Chambers: Fire chief was 'patron' of Church and school
      Chambers, Charlie
      11/3/1976
      The newest in fire trucks. Wearing a fire chief's helmet, Mayor William Dennison joins Fire Chief C. E. Chambers in examining a new pumper truck at Fi(...)
      The newest in fire trucks. Wearing a fire chief's helmet, Mayor William Dennison joins Fire Chief C. E. Chambers in examining a new pumper truck at Fi(...)
      Chambers, Charlie
      8/19/1970
      On duty 24 hours a day, Toronto deputy fire chief Charlie Chambers adjusts speaker at his home that is tuned to the Toronto Fire Department radio netw(...)
      On duty 24 hours a day, Toronto deputy fire chief Charlie Chambers adjusts speaker at his home that is tuned to the Toronto Fire Department radio netw(...)
      Chambers, Charlie
      10/3/1968
      Changing Skyline behind Toronto Fire Chief Charlie Chambers as he talks in Nathan Phillips Square symbolizes changes he's seen during his 40-year care(...)
      Changing Skyline behind Toronto Fire Chief Charlie Chambers as he talks in Nathan Phillips Square symbolizes changes he's seen during his 40-year care(...)
      Chambers, Charlie
      8/7/1975
      Reeve Gus Harris slides down the firemen's pole of the modern $80,000 firehall at Birchmount Rd
      Reeve Gus Harris slides down the firemen's pole of the modern $80,000 firehall at Birchmount Rd
      Darrell, Dick
      6/16/1956
      Map of the township of Etobicoke, in the county of York, compiled by Charles Unwin, Provincial Land Surveyor, Provincial Chambers, Toronto
      Map of the township of Etobicoke, in the county of York, compiled by Charles Unwin, Provincial Land Surveyor, Provincial Chambers, Toronto
      J. Ellis (Toronto, Ont.)
      1856
      Four-storey brick building with turret at corner of intersection. Sign above entrance reads, C.…
      St. James' Chambers, Church Street, southwest corner of Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/15/1923
      Corner, exterior view of four-storey brick building with turret.
      St. James' Chambers, Adelaide Street East, southwest corner of Church Street, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/8/1914
      Charles Chambers. Not city's 'dirty work'
      Charles Chambers. Not city's 'dirty work'
      Chambers, Charlie
      8/7/1975