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Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising (...)
Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising (...)

Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising (...)

Date5/5/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising tea. The hat is in deep ruby red and is faced with pale pink on the inside.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0042093F
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      No, it's not GBS! But Robertson Davies, novelist-essayist and former Master of Massey College, certainly could have been mistaken for English dramatist George Bernard Shaw, at Sheraton Centre
      Bull, Ron
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      Robertson Davies: A gentleman and a scholar in his Massey College office at University of Toronto
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      Bissell, Claude T., Mrs
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      Mrs. Monica Wong comes all the way from Kitchener to shop in this store in Toronto's Chinatown. Here she chooses a large, white radish for one of her (...)
      Loek, Dick
      11/23/1978
      Locks do still a prison make and Mrs. Freda Ferguson, one of 46 female correctional officers chooses the right one to open one of the many heavy doors(...)
      Locks do still a prison make and Mrs. Freda Ferguson, one of 46 female correctional officers chooses the right one to open one of the many heavy doors(...)
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      9/11/1974
      Town planner chooses Toronto: Mrs. Jane Jacobs: one of North America's leading authorities on design of cities: stands in front of the Toronto home on(...)
      Town planner chooses Toronto: Mrs. Jane Jacobs: one of North America's leading authorities on design of cities: stands in front of the Toronto home on(...)
      Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
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