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Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year

Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year

Date6/29/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners'; above; last year. Letter below urges convention centre for the city.
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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_0014701F
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
7/4/1975
Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities
Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities
6/29/1989
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
n.d.
Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
7/6/1989
Ricky Davis. Meets benefactors. Ricky Davis is only 3 1/2 years old, so he didn't understand why 3,000 Shriners and their wives applauded him yesterda(...)
Ricky Davis. Meets benefactors. Ricky Davis is only 3 1/2 years old, so he didn't understand why 3,000 Shriners and their wives applauded him yesterda(...)
7/3/1975
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
7/1/1975
Shriners - up to 1975
Shriners - up to 1975
n.d.
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
6/29/1975
Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
6/29/1975
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
7/1/1975
Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)
Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)
7/15/1984
Shriners - up to 1975
Shriners - up to 1975
7/3/1975