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True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartme(...)
True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartme(...)

True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartme(...)

Date6/25/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartment building, in Thorncliffe Park, during topping-off ceremony yesterday. Watching, Teresa Sutherland, of
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodThorncliffe Park
    GeographyHistorical locationScarborough (Ont.)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0042034F
      True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartme(...)
      True Lends a hand. East York Mayor True Davidson places handprint (top) in slab of cement which will be placed atop the tallest Leaside Towers apartme(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      6/25/1970
      Image shows three people standing at the intersection of Thorncliffe and Beth Nelson Drive.
      East York Mayor True Davidson presents shears to Beth Nealson, the last mayor of Leaside before it was absorbed by East York
      Nealson, Beth
      10/6/1972
      New 'Town' starts. True Davidson, East York mayor, breaks the ground at Cresent Town, which will accommodate 20,000 persons in 14 buildings near the Victoria Park subway
      New 'Town' starts. True Davidson, East York mayor, breaks the ground at Cresent Town, which will accommodate 20,000 persons in 14 buildings near the Victoria Park subway
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      9/18/1969
      East York Mayor True Davidson addresses a meeting of the Metro Social Planning Council at which, she says, activists moved in and took over
      East York Mayor True Davidson addresses a meeting of the Metro Social Planning Council at which, she says, activists moved in and took over
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      3/20/1970
      Mayor Fred Beavis tries his hand at milking Mayor Beavis lends a hand
      Mayor Fred Beavis tries his hand at milking Mayor Beavis lends a hand
      Beck, Adam, 1857-1925
      11/20/1978
      True's now a fire chief. Retiring Mayor True Davidson of East York kisses East York Fire Chief Ernest Bell last night after he had presented her with (...)
      True's now a fire chief. Retiring Mayor True Davidson of East York kisses East York Fire Chief Ernest Bell last night after he had presented her with (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      11/23/1972
      True reviews the old guard. East York Mayor True Davidson, 71, wears period dress to review guard, also in the look of long ago, in Todmorden Mills Hi(...)
      True reviews the old guard. East York Mayor True Davidson, 71, wears period dress to review guard, also in the look of long ago, in Todmorden Mills Hi(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      8/7/1972
      True Trades a Kiss for a Hat. East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing the flowered hat Scarborough Alderman Ted Littleford has just presented to her, g(...)
      True Trades a Kiss for a Hat. East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing the flowered hat Scarborough Alderman Ted Littleford has just presented to her, g(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      4/9/1970
      True grip on the polluted Don. East York Mayor True Davidson holds high a piece of junk pulled Don River today as she helps Robert Hurlburt, president(...)
      True grip on the polluted Don. East York Mayor True Davidson holds high a piece of junk pulled Don River today as she helps Robert Hurlburt, president(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      7/8/1971
      True is out for blood donors. East York Mayor True Davidson sticks a blood donor badge on fireman Douglas DeGernier at Red Cross headquarters on Jarvi(...)
      True is out for blood donors. East York Mayor True Davidson sticks a blood donor badge on fireman Douglas DeGernier at Red Cross headquarters on Jarvi(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      12/22/1970
      Mayoral chain of office is presented last night to East York Mayor True Davidson by Reginald Martin, president of East York Kiwanis Club. The $600 emb(...)
      Mayoral chain of office is presented last night to East York Mayor True Davidson by Reginald Martin, president of East York Kiwanis Club. The $600 emb(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      10/28/1968
      The Mayor aids a little miss. Four-year-old Bonnie Little gets some welcome assistance with her hula costume from East York Mayor True Davidson. This (...)
      The Mayor aids a little miss. Four-year-old Bonnie Little gets some welcome assistance with her hula costume from East York Mayor True Davidson. This (...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      7/18/1969