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The statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney, premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914, for whom Whitney Public School on Rosedale Heights Dr. is named, seems to(...)
The statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney, premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914, for whom Whitney Public School on Rosedale Heights Dr. is named, seems to(...)

The statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney, premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914, for whom Whitney Public School on Rosedale Heights Dr. is named, seems to(...)

Date12/18/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: The statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney; premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914; for whom Whitney Public School on Rosedale Heights Dr. is named; seems to be addressing some of the estimated 30;000 teachers who massed at Queen's Park yesterday. Police called
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012426F
Whitney, Sir James Pliny, 1843-1914
Whitney, Sir James Pliny, 1843-1914
1900
Siesta in the summer sun. Noon-hour idlers take their ease beneath the Queen's Park statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney while yesterday's warm sunshine (...)
Siesta in the summer sun. Noon-hour idlers take their ease beneath the Queen's Park statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney while yesterday's warm sunshine (...)
7/9/1968
Edward Vii, Memorial Service, Parliament Buildings, showing Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Morison Gibson and Premier Sir James Pliny Whitney
Edward Vii, Memorial Service, Parliament Buildings, showing Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Morison Gibson and Premier Sir James Pliny Whitney
1910
Image shows homeowners from Willowdale protesting and holding placards that read " burn th ...
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2/24/1969
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2/26/1991
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11/9/1988
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3/29/1976
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A psychology of fear' is growing among black and Asian immigrants in Toronto because moderate citizen seem indifferent to extremist attacks on minorit(...)
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7/18/1974
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
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5/16/1991
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3/4/1976
With teachers gone, principal Ian McHaffie instructs 15-year-old Sandra Barkwell in gymnastics yesterday in Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora. [Incomplete]
With teachers gone, principal Ian McHaffie instructs 15-year-old Sandra Barkwell in gymnastics yesterday in Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora. [Incomplete]
2/5/1974