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Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train betwee(...)
Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train betwee(...)

Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train betwee(...)

Date6/17/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train between Hamilton and Windsor. Above is shown one of the many cheering sections waving flags as the royal couple approached.
GeographyCity, town, townshipHamilton||Windsor
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0122488F
    Royal train completes coast-to-coast tour, At Halifax, eastern metropolis, the King and Queen received the loud-voiced farewell of Canada's cheering thousands
    Royal train completes coast-to-coast tour, At Halifax, eastern metropolis, the King and Queen received the loud-voiced farewell of Canada's cheering thousands
    Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
    6/15/1939
    35 miles to go, Star religion editor Tom Harpur stops for a rest on the ruined walls of ancient city of Jericho, overlooking a deserted town of mud hu(...)
    35 miles to go, Star religion editor Tom Harpur stops for a rest on the ruined walls of ancient city of Jericho, overlooking a deserted town of mud hu(...)
    Harpur, Tom
    12/19/1976
    Empty classrooms are already the reality in Ontario's clementary schools, where enrolment is down by one thrid, to 1 million. Next year, secondary sch(...)
    Empty classrooms are already the reality in Ontario's clementary schools, where enrolment is down by one thrid, to 1 million. Next year, secondary sch(...)
    Combs, Erin
    1/12/1978
    The King and Queen of story books live now for these invalid youngsters, who, unable to walk, were wheeled out to join the cheering thousands of other children who lined the royal route in Toronto
    The King and Queen of story books live now for these invalid youngsters, who, unable to walk, were wheeled out to join the cheering thousands of other children who lined the royal route in Toronto
    Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
    6/5/1939
    Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
    Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
    Cooper, David
    2/15/1980
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Goode, Jeff
    8/9/1967
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Goode, Jeff
    8/10/1967
    Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
    Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    8/12/1992
    About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
    About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
    Calleja, Frank
    4/6/1977
    Hats on: Students at Oshawa's O'Neill Collegiate make a fashion statement after a protest, then compromise, allowed students to wear caps in school, but not in classrooms or the auditorium
    Hats on: Students at Oshawa's O'Neill Collegiate make a fashion statement after a protest, then compromise, allowed students to wear caps in school, but not in classrooms or the auditorium
    Beaty, Keith
    10/22/1992
    Metro teachers left their classrooms May 14 to march on Queen's Park in protest against the ceilings imposed on spending by Education Minister Thomas (...)
    Metro teachers left their classrooms May 14 to march on Queen's Park in protest against the ceilings imposed on spending by Education Minister Thomas (...)
    Lennon, Frank
    5/30/1973
    Ontario training centre Brampton boys walk freely from classrooms to cottage style dormatories's
    Ontario training centre Brampton boys walk freely from classrooms to cottage style dormatories's
    Griffin, Doug
    5/26/1971