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Waiting for the box office to open Friday morning, four residents of Mimico camp outside Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for a concert Dec. 6 by for(...)
Waiting for the box office to open Friday morning, four residents of Mimico camp outside Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for a concert Dec. 6 by for(...)

Waiting for the box office to open Friday morning, four residents of Mimico camp outside Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for a concert Dec. 6 by for(...)

Date10/23/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Waiting for the box office to open Friday morning, four residents of Mimico camp outside Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for a concert Dec. 6 by former Beatle George Harrison. The pasteboard hut is home to Rene Duntigny, 22; young women (from left) are Judy Swanton, 20; Linda Couchie, 21; Joanne Simpson, 18. They will be spelled by 20 friends until tickets go on sale Friday; tickets are limited to six per person, and the group wants 24 of them, at $8 and$10 per ticket.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101729F
Kids waiting in line at Maple Leaf Gardens for tickets to George Harrison Concert
Kids waiting in line at Maple Leaf Gardens for tickets to George Harrison Concert
10/4/1974
Kids waiting in line at Maple Leaf Gardens for tickets to George Harrison Concert
Kids waiting in line at Maple Leaf Gardens for tickets to George Harrison Concert
10/4/1974
Fans started lining up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for six-nation hockey series next month
Fans started lining up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to buy tickets for six-nation hockey series next month
8/20/1976
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'Everybody's crazy'. This is only part of the mass of Beatle-lovers who descended on Maple Leaf Gardens today to get tickets for their heroes' appeara(...)
1964
The doors opened at Maple Leaf Gardens this morning with more than 1,000 blanketed and cheerful rock fans outside who'd waited all high in the rain to(...)
The doors opened at Maple Leaf Gardens this morning with more than 1,000 blanketed and cheerful rock fans outside who'd waited all high in the rain to(...)
10/25/1974
Freezing fans: Just two days ago chilly fans bundled up in winter coats and blankets and huddled together while waiting in line at Exhibition Place for tickets to a Pink Floyd concert
Freezing fans: Just two days ago chilly fans bundled up in winter coats and blankets and huddled together while waiting in line at Exhibition Place for tickets to a Pink Floyd concert
3/21/1988
Kenny Loggins: Tickets for American pop singer's June 11 concert go on sale Friday.
Kenny Loggins: Tickets for American pop singer's June 11 concert go on sale Friday.
8/6/1980
Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
5/7/1967
Fan Club Chris Austin, 17, left, and Sue McMillan, 16, camp out at Exhibition Stadium to be first in line for tickets to Bruce Springsteen's concert n(...)
Fan Club Chris Austin, 17, left, and Sue McMillan, 16, camp out at Exhibition Stadium to be first in line for tickets to Bruce Springsteen's concert n(...)
12/18/1980
Petra Burka skating with lights at Maple Leaf Gardens, Dec
Petra Burka skating with lights at Maple Leaf Gardens, Dec
4/1/1964
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
10/11/1974
Olympic tickets sales, on the first day, were chaotic, with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene, comments one reader
Olympic tickets sales, on the first day, were chaotic, with people having to line up to get numbers before they could buy their tickets at Eaton's. It was a disgraceful scene, comments one reader
5/5/1975