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Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property, illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw, are picked up by the works department and piled (...)
Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property, illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw, are picked up by the works department and piled (...)

Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property, illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw, are picked up by the works department and piled (...)

Date11/26/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property; illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw; are picked up by the works department and piled in the works yard. Controller Gus Harris reclaims one of his to use again.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0005791F
      First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
      First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
      Darrell, Dick
      1/17/1964
      Signs of the times. More than 1,000 election signs set on Scarborough and Metro road allowances, contrary to bylaw, have been put in the Ellesmere Rd.(...)
      Signs of the times. More than 1,000 election signs set on Scarborough and Metro road allowances, contrary to bylaw, have been put in the Ellesmere Rd.(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      9/15/1975
      The signs of a touch-up, In the city public works yards at Sherbourne and Wilton Sts
      The signs of a touch-up, In the city public works yards at Sherbourne and Wilton Sts
      Spremo, Boris
      10/5/1972
      Snider, house, 744 Duplex Avenue, west side, between Lytton & Alexandra Boulevards, Toronto…
      Snider, house, 744 Duplex Avenue, west side, between Lytton & Alexandra Boulevards, Toronto, Ontario
      Snider family
      1923
      Plan of the city of Toronto, shewing proposed system of parks and boulevards to accompany Mayor McMurrich's report to council, 11th November 1882.
      Plan of the city of Toronto, shewing proposed system of parks and boulevards to accompany Mayor McMurrich's report to council, 11th November 1882.
      City Engineer's Office
      11 November 1882
      Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the City of Chicago
      Map showing the boulevards and park system and twelve miles of lake frontage of the City of Chicago
      Rand McNally and Company
      1882
      A sign that winter's over. Toronto Department of Public Works employees were busy over the weekend putting an end to winter by taking down last of 1,0(...)
      A sign that winter's over. Toronto Department of Public Works employees were busy over the weekend putting an end to winter by taking down last of 1,0(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/21/1973
      Impromptu Sign Service is set up by public health nurses Melinda Paterson (left) and Linda Wilson on road leading to Scarborough Civic Centre as assoc(...)
      Impromptu Sign Service is set up by public health nurses Melinda Paterson (left) and Linda Wilson on road leading to Scarborough Civic Centre as assoc(...)
      Loek, Dick
      6/14/1976
      Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year, Weather, mail-early campaign given credit
      Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year, Weather, mail-early campaign given credit
      Geo, Mario
      12/24/1969
      Bring on the work. All set to dig into his task, Allan Burton, new chairman of the United Appeal campaign of Metropolitan Toronto, rolls up his sleeves for work
      Bring on the work. All set to dig into his task, Allan Burton, new chairman of the United Appeal campaign of Metropolitan Toronto, rolls up his sleeves for work
      Burton, G Allan
      6/27/1961
      The signs, said G. R. Jack, East York works commissioner, are a precautionary measure, in case the repair work being done to-day (2) causes a bump in the pavement on the roadway
      The signs, said G. R. Jack, East York works commissioner, are a precautionary measure, in case the repair work being done to-day (2) causes a bump in the pavement on the roadway
      James, W. H.
      12/16/1937
      The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
      The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
      Bull, Ron
      2/14/1985