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Breaking Ground
Breaking Ground

Breaking Ground

Date8/29/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Breaking Ground: Takao Kishil; pastor of the Konko Church of Toronto; conducted a traditional Shinto ceremony to assure safe construction and prosperity at a ground-breaking for a new Nissan parts depot in Brampton.
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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_0022002F
Picture of a man putting soil in a basket while others stand and watch at sod turning ceremony. ...
Breaking ground for the building of Locke library
5 January 1949
Ground breaking
Ground breaking
5/13/1980
Changes made: Hospital executive director Douglas Snedden has told The Star: 'We're breaking new ground
Changes made: Hospital executive director Douglas Snedden has told The Star: 'We're breaking new ground
1/3/1985
Breaking ground: Japanese businessman C. L. Sun, left, and Jonas Prince of Realstar Hotels get ready to dig.
Breaking ground: Japanese businessman C. L. Sun, left, and Jonas Prince of Realstar Hotels get ready to dig.
6/15/1988
Group outside Dufferin St Clair library turning sod for renovation
Toronto Public Library, Dufferin/St. Clair Branch, Dufferin Street, east side, between Rosemount Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. Exterior. Ground breaking for renovation and expansion.
1978-08
Digging in for health's sake: Ken Clarke, chairman of Princess Margaret Hospital, gives a heave of the shovel under the watchful eye of Ontario Health Minister Elinor Caplan at ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday for the new hospital on University Ave.
Digging in for health's sake: Ken Clarke, chairman of Princess Margaret Hospital, gives a heave of the shovel under the watchful eye of Ontario Health Minister Elinor Caplan at ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday for the new hospital on University Ave.
2/2/1990
Air Canada Centre Construction ground breaking ceremony
Air Canada Centre Construction ground breaking ceremony
3/12/1997
Digging education. Junior kindergarten student Camilla Singh helped recently at a ground-breaking ceremony at Heritage Park Public School in Scarborou(...)
Digging education. Junior kindergarten student Camilla Singh helped recently at a ground-breaking ceremony at Heritage Park Public School in Scarborou(...)
9/15/1993
An awestruck youngster is part of the happy crowd that attended the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new Queen Elizabeth Library at Memorial (...)
An awestruck youngster is part of the happy crowd that attended the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new Queen Elizabeth Library at Memorial (...)
7/27/1978
Breaking ground: Stefan Collins, left, filmmaker Lynne Fernie and Councillor Kyle Rae launch the construction of Canada's first AIDS memorial yesterday
Breaking ground: Stefan Collins, left, filmmaker Lynne Fernie and Councillor Kyle Rae launch the construction of Canada's first AIDS memorial yesterday
10/4/1992
Toronto mayor William Dennison and Ontario Premier John Robarts were on the speakers' platform for the official ground-breaking ceremonies, just a sto(...)
Toronto mayor William Dennison and Ontario Premier John Robarts were on the speakers' platform for the official ground-breaking ceremonies, just a sto(...)
11/25/1969
A silver spade with wood and metal handle.
Shovel from ground breaking for the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library
19 February 1975