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Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films
Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films

Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films

Date5/2/1980
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  • Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0061472F
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    Wintering ducks form background for Horace Lapp, retired orchestra leader, at his lakefront home as he tells of his long feud with Ontario Hydro whose diversion north of Lake Nipigon he blames for waters' encroachment on his property
    Wintering ducks form background for Horace Lapp, retired orchestra leader, at his lakefront home as he tells of his long feud with Ontario Hydro whose diversion north of Lake Nipigon he blames for waters' encroachment on his property
    Goode, Jeff
    1/23/1973
    Musician Horace Lapp
    Musician Horace Lapp
    Griffin, Doug
    1/13/1971
    All-round musician David Amram (above) had published his own autobiography at age of 37, but he's not egomaniacal, says music critic William Littler, (...)
    All-round musician David Amram (above) had published his own autobiography at age of 37, but he's not egomaniacal, says music critic William Littler, (...)
    Amram, David
    6/5/1973
    On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days, bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time wit(...)
    On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days, bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time wit(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    3/22/1977
    Singing the old songs to mark a half-century of community service by the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, Horace Lapp plays the organ for vocalists, from left: Ted Johnson, of Denver, Col
    Singing the old songs to mark a half-century of community service by the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, Horace Lapp plays the organ for vocalists, from left: Ted Johnson, of Denver, Col
    Dutton, Don
    9/9/1971
    The First Lady of silent films, Lillian Gish, arrived in Toronto yesterday for a two-evening engagement at York University's Burton Auditorium. Tonigh(...)
    The First Lady of silent films, Lillian Gish, arrived in Toronto yesterday for a two-evening engagement at York University's Burton Auditorium. Tonigh(...)
    Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
    1/8/1971
    Horace Lapp once conducted one of the most popular orchestras in Toronto
    Horace Lapp once conducted one of the most popular orchestras in Toronto
    Griffin, Doug
    1/13/1971
    Lapp, Horace
    Lapp, Horace
    Jaques, Ronny
    12/1/1938
    Old Age seems to have little effect on the hardy Sikhs who are in the lumbering business
    Old Age seems to have little effect on the hardy Sikhs who are in the lumbering business
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    6/30/1945
    Darrell day, 29, trained to be a mechanical engineer but is happy with his new career as proprietor of this paint store on Parliament St. He enjoys being his own boss and may renovate the old building in the future. Day is fond of variety-he has worked as an extra in films, renovated houses, sold heating equipment.
    Darrell day, 29, trained to be a mechanical engineer but is happy with his new career as proprietor of this paint store on Parliament St. He enjoys being his own boss and may renovate the old building in the future. Day is fond of variety-he has worked as an extra in films, renovated houses, sold heating equipment.
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    1/21/1974
    Working for better relations between Canadians divided by age, religion or race, the B'nai B'rith League for Human Rights supplies educational films t(...)
    Working for better relations between Canadians divided by age, religion or race, the B'nai B'rith League for Human Rights supplies educational films t(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    1975 circa
    It's hockey in any language: Miroslav Ihnacak, left, may be resting on his knees during his first full Maple Leafs practice yesterday, but he's not resting on his laurels
    It's hockey in any language: Miroslav Ihnacak, left, may be resting on his knees during his first full Maple Leafs practice yesterday, but he's not resting on his laurels
    Goode, Jeff
    1/7/1986