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The greatest festival on Earth
The poster includes a photograph of a parade float decoration or chair resembling a stylized depiction of a human figure.

The greatest festival on Earth

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FormatEphemera
DimensionsImage size: 26 cm x 19.7 cm (10 1/4 in. x 7 3/4 in.)
ProvenanceFrom the Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Object NumberSuddon_0202
Leon Buttons McBryde. ALl-new 101st Edition! Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The Greatest show on earth
Leon Buttons McBryde. ALl-new 101st Edition! Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The Greatest show on earth
Bull, Ron
4/21/1972
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "It is a most mighty building which we are uprearing, the greatest thing now being built upon the earth, the great temple of the United British race..."
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Unknown
Festival Fare: Native chef/caterer David Wolfman displays some of the traditional Indian dishes - bannock and corn - he will be cooking at the Earth Spirit Festival
Festival Fare: Native chef/caterer David Wolfman displays some of the traditional Indian dishes - bannock and corn - he will be cooking at the Earth Spirit Festival
Lautens, Richard
6/21/1991
Thousands of Metro citizens will attend church this week to celebrate Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian calendar
Thousands of Metro citizens will attend church this week to celebrate Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian calendar
Loek, Dick
4/11/1974
Moment of Truth comes for house wine at restaurant in Royal York Hotel as Baron Roy Andries de Groot tastes it. Verdict: Not great, but good value. Famed blind gourmet, accompanied by seeing eye dog, Atena, is here for gastronomic festival. He rates city one of two or three greatest eating places.
Moment of Truth comes for house wine at restaurant in Royal York Hotel as Baron Roy Andries de Groot tastes it. Verdict: Not great, but good value. Famed blind gourmet, accompanied by seeing eye dog, Atena, is here for gastronomic festival. He rates city one of two or three greatest eating places.
McConnell, Colin
9/12/1978
Canada's Greatest. Sir Frederick Banting for his discovery of insulin, was vote Canada's greatest man by studen in Toronto's collegiates. Seco was Premier W. L. M. King. [Incomplete]
Canada's Greatest. Sir Frederick Banting for his discovery of insulin, was vote Canada's greatest man by studen in Toronto's collegiates. Seco was Premier W. L. M. King. [Incomplete]
Banting, F. G. (Frederick Grant), 1891-1941
11/1/1938
Musical Memorabilia: Ottawa exhibit shows the young Glenn Gould (above) grew into not only the greatest pianist but one of the greatest musical pack rats of his generation
Musical Memorabilia: Ottawa exhibit shows the young Glenn Gould (above) grew into not only the greatest pianist but one of the greatest musical pack rats of his generation
Gould, Glenn, 1932-1982
2/10/1988
Honoring the Earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
Honoring the Earth. Ojibwa Arthur Stevens holds up a peace pipe during Earth Day festivities at Queen's Park yesterday, while 2-year-old David O'Neill(...)
Stawicki, Andrew
4/22/1992
What on earth . . .? Pupils from Ossington or Old Orchard public school show an Earth week display, created by Ralph Thornton Centre students, to Metr(...)
What on earth . . .? Pupils from Ossington or Old Orchard public school show an Earth week display, created by Ralph Thornton Centre students, to Metr(...)
Spremo, Boris
4/9/1991
Song of the earth: Kim Lightheart and colleagues perform Song Of The Earth, by British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan, in the National Ballet's debut performance of the work last night
Song of the earth: Kim Lightheart and colleagues perform Song Of The Earth, by British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan, in the National Ballet's debut performance of the work last night
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/27/1988
Dancing for the earth. A member of the Haida nation performs a mask dance at Queen's Park yesterday. Part of the Earth Day celebrations organized by P(...)
Dancing for the earth. A member of the Haida nation performs a mask dance at Queen's Park yesterday. Part of the Earth Day celebrations organized by P(...)
Loek, Dick
4/22/1992
Back-to-earth movement. You can't get more down-to-earth than Frank MacNeil. He's a jack hammer operator for Consumers' Gas. Here he is breaking concr(...)
Back-to-earth movement. You can't get more down-to-earth than Frank MacNeil. He's a jack hammer operator for Consumers' Gas. Here he is breaking concr(...)
Spremo, Boris
1/26/1984