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Sam Lee, Houseboy Plus. Sam Lee was given $1,000 in cash by Thomas Foster shortly before the millionaire ex-mayor of Toronto died last Dec.11, and lef(...)
Sam Lee, Houseboy Plus. Sam Lee was given $1,000 in cash by Thomas Foster shortly before the millionaire ex-mayor of Toronto died last Dec.11, and lef(...)

Sam Lee, Houseboy Plus. Sam Lee was given $1,000 in cash by Thomas Foster shortly before the millionaire ex-mayor of Toronto died last Dec.11, and lef(...)

Date3/15/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sam Lee; Houseboy Plus. Sam Lee was given $1;000 in cash by Thomas Foster shortly before the millionaire ex-mayor of Toronto died last Dec.11; and left the will that startled the city earlier this week. [Incomplete]
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0047962F
      Yesterday the Six Nations Indians from Brantford made Toronto' ex-mayor, Thomas Foster, Chief New House
      Yesterday the Six Nations Indians from Brantford made Toronto' ex-mayor, Thomas Foster, Chief New House
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      New package: The Hospital for Sick Children has switched to this packaging for the drug Lasix, since baby Raymond Whitbread was given the wrong drug shortly before he died
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      Letter of Thomas Lee, not. pub., to the Earl Dalhousie, governor in chief of Lower Canada, &c., &c., &c., relating to his late dismission from the militia of the province
      Letter of Thomas Lee, not. pub., to the Earl Dalhousie, governor in chief of Lower Canada, &c., &c., &c., relating to his late dismission from the militia of the province
      Lee, Thomas
      1827
      Mayor David Crombie picks up a sax and joins a clowns' band at Saturday's annual Thomas Foster picnic at Greenwood Park
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      Barkley, Harold
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      Geo, Mario
      n.d.
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/13/1969
      Winners, losers: Jack Layton, top right, and Art Eggleton will be squaring off again, but the NDP caucus lost aldermen Doronthy Thomas and Mike Foster in last week's municipal elections
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      Foster, Mike
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      Grant, Frank
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      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
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      Letter from Committee of the Temperance Reformation Society to the Worshipful, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen of the City of Toronto, 11 Dec. 1843, pp. 3-4
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      Temperance Reformation Society
      1843-12-11