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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/8/1971
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  • 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 of General Foods Ltd. clean up river. Company hired 20 university students to clean up the Don this summ
  • 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(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 of General Foods Ltd. clean up river. Company hired 20 university students to clean up the Don this summ
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0042042F
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      crossing guard is their mayor. Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade cars so children can cross road to Secord school today. The 67-year-old borough m(...)
      crossing guard is their mayor. Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade cars so children can cross road to Secord school today. The 67-year-old borough m(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      9/5/1968
      Crossing guard is their mayor. East Yok Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade sing to stop cars so children can cross road to Secord Public School Tod(...)
      Crossing guard is their mayor. East Yok Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade sing to stop cars so children can cross road to Secord Public School Tod(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      9/1/1968
      East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing a long green gown supposedly symbolizing the Spirit of the Don, walks beside Major Michael Stevenson (left), of(...)
      East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing a long green gown supposedly symbolizing the Spirit of the Don, walks beside Major Michael Stevenson (left), of(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      8/2/1971
      Taxpayer sounds off. R. J. Doherty, acting head of the Ward 3 ratepayers association, gives East York mayor True Davidson a piece of his mind after 25(...)
      Taxpayer sounds off. R. J. Doherty, acting head of the Ward 3 ratepayers association, gives East York mayor True Davidson a piece of his mind after 25(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      8/27/1969
      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
      East York Mayor True Davidson, as a member of Metro's Welfare and Housing Committee, is among those presenting briefs to the hearing today on poverty
      East York Mayor True Davidson, as a member of Metro's Welfare and Housing Committee, is among those presenting briefs to the hearing today on poverty
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      2/1/1968
      East York Mayor True Davidson tells Star forum on day care that high-priced staff and stiff government regulations are making day care centres so expe(...)
      East York Mayor True Davidson tells Star forum on day care that high-priced staff and stiff government regulations are making day care centres so expe(...)
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      1/11/1971
      Liberal Leader Robert Nixon, right, and True Davidson, mayor of East York
      Liberal Leader Robert Nixon, right, and True Davidson, mayor of East York
      Spremo, Boris
      9/14/1971
      It's really quite lovely, says East York Mayor True Davidson as she works away on a civic invitation list by the light of a dozen candles in her home,(...)
      It's really quite lovely, says East York Mayor True Davidson as she works away on a civic invitation list by the light of a dozen candles in her home,(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      9/6/1971
      True Davidson, former mayor of East York who retired last year, says society shouldn't push old people into cold storage if they prefer to work. At 72, she is active as a writer and public speaker
      True Davidson, former mayor of East York who retired last year, says society shouldn't push old people into cold storage if they prefer to work. At 72, she is active as a writer and public speaker
      Davidson, True, 1901-1978
      2/20/1974
      True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
      True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      12/11/1972
      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