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Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told a clapping, cheering Cooksville crowd of 2,000 last night that he wants to return to the United Nations as the Prim(...)
Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told a clapping, cheering Cooksville crowd of 2,000 last night that he wants to return to the United Nations as the Prim(...)

Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told a clapping, cheering Cooksville crowd of 2,000 last night that he wants to return to the United Nations as the Prim(...)

Date3/5/1963
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Original Toronto Star caption: Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told a clapping, cheering Cooksville crowd of 2,000 last night that he wants to return to the United Nations as the Prime Minister of Canada to carry on my fight for peace to the end of my days.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0072890F
    Campaign Capsule. Now Pearson's Cutting Up Rough. Liberal Leader Lester Pearson had them last night. As a politician, he's never been noted for going (...)
    Campaign Capsule. Now Pearson's Cutting Up Rough. Liberal Leader Lester Pearson had them last night. As a politician, he's never been noted for going (...)
    Grant, Frank
    2/27/1963
    Pickets for pearson. Ban-the-bomb demonstrators picket Agincourt motor hotel where Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told the York-Scarboro Liberal Associ(...)
    Pickets for pearson. Ban-the-bomb demonstrators picket Agincourt motor hotel where Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told the York-Scarboro Liberal Associ(...)
    James, Norman
    1/14/1963
    Embattled labor minister John Munro (left) shared in Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's triumph last night in Hamilton where Trudeau told a cheering crowd Liberals rallies are fun
    Embattled labor minister John Munro (left) shared in Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's triumph last night in Hamilton where Trudeau told a cheering crowd Liberals rallies are fun
    Bezant, Graham
    7/5/1974
    The nation's business. The Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker last night solemnly told the Canadian people that everything the Liberals do is very, very bad(...)
    The nation's business. The Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker last night solemnly told the Canadian people that everything the Liberals do is very, very bad(...)
    Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
    5/13/1965
    A roar of greeting from cheering, clapping supporters of front-running leadership candidate Pierre Elliott Trudeau erupted at the Liberal convention l(...)
    A roar of greeting from cheering, clapping supporters of front-running leadership candidate Pierre Elliott Trudeau erupted at the Liberal convention l(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    4/5/1968
    Mike gets an anti-bomb tract. A ban-the-bomb picket hands Liberal Leader Lester Pearson a pamphlet as he leaves WoodGreen United Church with his wife (...)
    Mike gets an anti-bomb tract. A ban-the-bomb picket hands Liberal Leader Lester Pearson a pamphlet as he leaves WoodGreen United Church with his wife (...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    1/14/1963
    Campaign record crown of 16,000 jammed maple leaf gardens last night to hear liberal leader Lester Pearson
    Campaign record crown of 16,000 jammed maple leaf gardens last night to hear liberal leader Lester Pearson
    Darrell, Dick
    4/6/1963
    Taking time out from political activities, Liberal Leader Lester Pearson and his 8-year-old grandson, Paul Hannah, watch Maple Leafs - and Liberal M.P(...)
    Taking time out from political activities, Liberal Leader Lester Pearson and his 8-year-old grandson, Paul Hannah, watch Maple Leafs - and Liberal M.P(...)
    Pearson, Lester B.
    1/14/1963
    Linda Dumas, Miss Canada, wears a United Nations beret on her return from Cyprus
    Linda Dumas, Miss Canada, wears a United Nations beret on her return from Cyprus
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    12/16/1964
    Folk singer Joan Baez, who told an audience of 2,000 in Metropolitan United Church last night she was fighting against all violence, suggested that Ca(...)
    Folk singer Joan Baez, who told an audience of 2,000 in Metropolitan United Church last night she was fighting against all violence, suggested that Ca(...)
    Baez, Joan
    3/18/1968
    Hello Toronto! Liberal Leader Lester Pearson arrived at Malton today for two days of campaigning in the Metro area
    Hello Toronto! Liberal Leader Lester Pearson arrived at Malton today for two days of campaigning in the Metro area
    Geo, Mario
    3/4/1963
    Perennial politician Paul Hellyer and Liberal leader Lester Pearson share a joke in 1962
    Perennial politician Paul Hellyer and Liberal leader Lester Pearson share a joke in 1962
    Hellyer, Paul, 1923-
    4/28/1988