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Flagpole-Sitter with royal purpose, High-rigging it up the slim length of the flagpole before the peace tower at Ottawa, goes just one of the many wor(...)
Flagpole-Sitter with royal purpose, High-rigging it up the slim length of the flagpole before the peace tower at Ottawa, goes just one of the many wor(...)

Flagpole-Sitter with royal purpose, High-rigging it up the slim length of the flagpole before the peace tower at Ottawa, goes just one of the many wor(...)

Date5/10/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flagpole-Sitter with royal purpose; High-rigging it up the slim length of the flagpole before the peace tower at Ottawa; goes just one of the many workmen busy with preparations for the visit of the King and Queen to Canada's capital.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0122419F
    First flagpole-sitter. Flagpole-sitting the easy way is Canadian National Exhibition employee Maria Cunha. Her perch is new 184-foot CNE flagpole, whi(...)
    First flagpole-sitter. Flagpole-sitting the easy way is Canadian National Exhibition employee Maria Cunha. Her perch is new 184-foot CNE flagpole, whi(...)
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    2/8/1977
    On his way down, maintenance company man Dave MacDonald paints 150-foot-high flagpole at Queen's Park yesterday, a chore done every six years
    On his way down, maintenance company man Dave MacDonald paints 150-foot-high flagpole at Queen's Park yesterday, a chore done every six years
    Beaty, Keith
    6/7/1971
    Image shows a man putting a flagpole in place.
    Manel Bragmaca helps place flagpole on base
    Spremo, Boris
    5/10/1977
    World's highest wooden flagpole
    World's highest wooden flagpole
    Lennon, Frank
    1/21/1977
    Colorized photograph of a view of a waterway, with a large summer resort on an island connected…
    "Zavikon (the house in Canada, and the Island with flagpole in the United States) Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River
    Unknown
    Approximately 1930
    Ex-mayor Nathan Phillips, checking over the interior of the new city hall, was undaunted when he ran into painters' rigging-just scrambled through it.(...)
    Ex-mayor Nathan Phillips, checking over the interior of the new city hall, was undaunted when he ran into painters' rigging-just scrambled through it.(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    6/22/1965
    Cat-sitter James Parker of North York and his wife, Carol, go over plans for his new service while Tara, one of their own cats,fastidiously washes its face
    Cat-sitter James Parker of North York and his wife, Carol, go over plans for his new service while Tara, one of their own cats,fastidiously washes its face
    Geo, Mario
    5/16/1972
    United front: Ottawa's Peace Tower has been far from peaceful lately with industiralists clogging flights to Ottawa to get their message across
    United front: Ottawa's Peace Tower has been far from peaceful lately with industiralists clogging flights to Ottawa to get their message across
    Spremo, Boris
    4/14/1981
    The Quebec view is given delegates attending the Ontario-Quebec Newspaper Editors' Seminar at the Royal York by Premier Jean Lesage. Taking in his wor(...)
    The Quebec view is given delegates attending the Ontario-Quebec Newspaper Editors' Seminar at the Royal York by Premier Jean Lesage. Taking in his wor(...)
    Lennon, Frank
    10/7/1965
    Memorial Chamber, Peace Tower, House of Parliament, Ottawa (Ontario)
    Memorial Chamber, Peace Tower, House of Parliament, Ottawa (Ontario)
    Staples, Owen, 1866-1949
    1931
    Ottawa: The Peace Tower framed in an East Block arch
    Ottawa: The Peace Tower framed in an East Block arch
    Spremo, Boris
    9/29/1971
    Peace Tower, House of Parliament, Ottawa, (Ontario)
    Peace Tower, House of Parliament, Ottawa, (Ontario)
    Staples, Owen, 1866-1949
    1931