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Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain o(...)
Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain o(...)

Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain o(...)

Date1/4/1969
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  • Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain of office, is carried off on the shoulders of Rudy Koch (left), president of the Carnival Court of Jesters, and August Wickert, president of the German-Canadian community's Club Harmonie The festivals were part of traditional Carnival season, which begins Jan. 7 and lasts until Lent, which this year starts Feb. 18.
  • Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain o(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happily abducted by a brightly costumed raiding party that burst into his office in City Hall on Saturday, Mayor William Dennison, wearing his chain of office, is carried off on the shoulders of Rudy Koch (left), president of the Carnival Court of Jesters, and August Wickert, president of the German-Canadian community's Club Harmonie The festivals were part of traditional Carnival season, which begins Jan. 7 and lasts until Lent, which this year starts Feb. 18.
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