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Metro chairman Gardiner and Mrs. Marie Curtis. Big Daddy pounded the table and demanded proof of costly blunders
Metro chairman Gardiner and Mrs. Marie Curtis. Big Daddy pounded the table and demanded proof of costly blunders

Metro chairman Gardiner and Mrs. Marie Curtis. Big Daddy pounded the table and demanded proof of costly blunders

Date11/17/1961
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro chairman Gardiner and Mrs. Marie Curtis. Big Daddy pounded the table and demanded proof of costly blunders
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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_0049151F
      John Cozens helps Queen's Park avoid blunders in protocol, such as the time a Soviet delegation was almost served Strawberries Romanoff.
      John Cozens helps Queen's Park avoid blunders in protocol, such as the time a Soviet delegation was almost served Strawberries Romanoff.
      Spremo, Boris
      11/13/1968
      That question lingers after Rae government is rocked by more cabinet ministers' blunders
      That question lingers after Rae government is rocked by more cabinet ministers' blunders
      Rae, Bob
      6/13/1991
      Big Daddy holds baby. Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner (holding Mary Ann) turns over keys to car, presented him by Downtown Business Men's Association to (...)
      Big Daddy holds baby. Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner (holding Mary Ann) turns over keys to car, presented him by Downtown Business Men's Association to (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      11/21/1961
      From Big Daddy to this. The chair Fred Gardiner used as first Metro chairman, now outside William Allen's in the new City Hall, has come down a notch (...)
      From Big Daddy to this. The chair Fred Gardiner used as first Metro chairman, now outside William Allen's in the new City Hall, has come down a notch (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      1/27/1966
      Winning smiles: Sharing the spoils of the first Frederick Big Daddy Gardiner award for community service are Johnny Lombardi, right, founder of CHIN Radio, Fern Alexander, Metro's first woman constable and Bob Rumball, who accepted for former heavyweight wrestling champ Whipper Billy Watson
      Winning smiles: Sharing the spoils of the first Frederick Big Daddy Gardiner award for community service are Johnny Lombardi, right, founder of CHIN Radio, Fern Alexander, Metro's first woman constable and Bob Rumball, who accepted for former heavyweight wrestling champ Whipper Billy Watson
      Goode, Jeff
      5/24/1984
      'Big Daddy' Fred Gardiner says Metro must expand
      'Big Daddy' Fred Gardiner says Metro must expand
      Gardiner, Fred Goldwin, 1895-1983
      10/9/1969
      The Former Chairmen of Metro Toronto, William Allen (left) and Fred (Big Daddy) Gardiner, reminisce about their terms of office at a dinner given for (...)
      The Former Chairmen of Metro Toronto, William Allen (left) and Fred (Big Daddy) Gardiner, reminisce about their terms of office at a dinner given for (...)
      Gardiner, Fred Goldwin, 1895-1983
      12/15/1969
      Metropolitan Toronto Marie Curtis Park
      Metropolitan Toronto Marie Curtis Park
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/5/1959
      Drowning some worms, Tension on the line Emanuel Machado, 13, hangs over a bridge at Etobicoke's Marie Curtis Park hooks the interest of his fellow bi(...)
      Drowning some worms, Tension on the line Emanuel Machado, 13, hangs over a bridge at Etobicoke's Marie Curtis Park hooks the interest of his fellow bi(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      7/5/1991
      Listening to Quebec Premier Rene Levesque, centre are, from left, Alfred Hayes, chairman, Morgan Stanley International, David Rockefeller, chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, Hugh Carey, New York governor, James Davant, chairman of the Economic Club and of Paune, Wenner, Jackson and Curtis, and Clifton Garvin Jr
      Listening to Quebec Premier Rene Levesque, centre are, from left, Alfred Hayes, chairman, Morgan Stanley International, David Rockefeller, chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, Hugh Carey, New York governor, James Davant, chairman of the Economic Club and of Paune, Wenner, Jackson and Curtis, and Clifton Garvin Jr
      Griffin, Doug
      1/25/1977
      Metro Chairman Gardiner, Mrs. Newman with sketch of wing
      Metro Chairman Gardiner, Mrs. Newman with sketch of wing
      Gardiner, Fred Goldwin, 1895-1983
      3/1/1961
      Big night for 'Big Daddy'. Former Metro Chairman (left) receives a bust of himself from John De Toro, president of the Italo-Canadian Club, at a dinne(...)
      Big night for 'Big Daddy'. Former Metro Chairman (left) receives a bust of himself from John De Toro, president of the Italo-Canadian Club, at a dinne(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      2/16/1962