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The mayor makes 2 new friends. For the ninth year, the City of Toronto last night officially welcomed Yuletide season with Festival of Lights in Natha(...)
The mayor makes 2 new friends. For the ninth year, the City of Toronto last night officially welcomed Yuletide season with Festival of Lights in Natha(...)

The mayor makes 2 new friends. For the ninth year, the City of Toronto last night officially welcomed Yuletide season with Festival of Lights in Natha(...)

Date11/28/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: The mayor makes 2 new friends. For the ninth year, the City of Toronto last night officially welcomed Yuletide season with Festival of Lights in Nathan Phillips Square. More than 20,000 people attended, including Mayor Crombie and his family. Elizabeth McLaughlin (left) and Julie Ann Francis, both 3, watched ceremony from his knee.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0041067F
      Yuletide ritual. Christina Gemfors, wearing a crown of candles symbolizing the saint of lights, takes part in the Lucia Festival during the Swedish Ch(...)
      Yuletide ritual. Christina Gemfors, wearing a crown of candles symbolizing the saint of lights, takes part in the Lucia Festival during the Swedish Ch(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      11/24/1991
      A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
      A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
      Loek, Dick
      2/26/1973
      Frost welcomed. Premier William Davis chats with bearded TV personality David Frost last night at a dinner sponsored by the Canadian Friends of Tel Av(...)
      Frost welcomed. Premier William Davis chats with bearded TV personality David Frost last night at a dinner sponsored by the Canadian Friends of Tel Av(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      10/19/1978
      Maybe the lights should come down too, The last signs of the holiday season are disappearing around Toronto as city workers like Don Lundrigan collect(...)
      Maybe the lights should come down too, The last signs of the holiday season are disappearing around Toronto as city workers like Don Lundrigan collect(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/12/1990
      It's light-up time. Gary Lehman, head of Electrical Contractors of Toronto, left, and Mayor Art Eggleton pull huge switch to turn on Christmas lights at Nathan Phillips Square last night
      It's light-up time. Gary Lehman, head of Electrical Contractors of Toronto, left, and Mayor Art Eggleton pull huge switch to turn on Christmas lights at Nathan Phillips Square last night
      Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
      11/25/1988
      Fort york guard, silhouetted against the lights at Toronto's new city hall, put on a demonstration last night for the thousands of persons who visited(...)
      Fort york guard, silhouetted against the lights at Toronto's new city hall, put on a demonstration last night for the thousands of persons who visited(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      9/14/1965
      City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
      City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
      Spremo, Boris
      12/2/1968
      New friend: Jean Johnson makes friends with a young huskie
      New friend: Jean Johnson makes friends with a young huskie
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/23/1990
      Scarborough Mayor Paul Cosgrove and some small friends-(from left) Robin Fulton, brother Chris and Denine Faubert-officially open the skating rink in (...)
      Scarborough Mayor Paul Cosgrove and some small friends-(from left) Robin Fulton, brother Chris and Denine Faubert-officially open the skating rink in (...)
      Combs, Erin
      11/18/1973
      Popular pinball: Argos standout Mike Clemons makes a bunch of the new friends from the Allenby Daycare Centre before yesterday's practice session
      Popular pinball: Argos standout Mike Clemons makes a bunch of the new friends from the Allenby Daycare Centre before yesterday's practice session
      Clemons, Mike "Pinball", 1965-
      9/4/1992
      Champ makes some new friends. Aksel Neilsen, 4, and Shani Halfon, 3, react with delight as they meet Champ yesterday at Harbourfront. The youngsters w(...)
      Champ makes some new friends. Aksel Neilsen, 4, and Shani Halfon, 3, react with delight as they meet Champ yesterday at Harbourfront. The youngsters w(...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/6/1987
      Earns ninth win: Lefthander Jimmy Key recorded his ninth victory of the season last night by pitching eight innings against the Rangers, allowing one run and six hits
      Earns ninth win: Lefthander Jimmy Key recorded his ninth victory of the season last night by pitching eight innings against the Rangers, allowing one run and six hits
      Key, Jimmy
      9/1/1988