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These Beatle fans waited in vain for their idols at Totonto airport
These Beatle fans waited in vain for their idols at Totonto airport

These Beatle fans waited in vain for their idols at Totonto airport

Date8/17/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: These Beatle fans waited in vain for their idols at Totonto airport. Plans were changed to an afternoon arrival before Toronto performances
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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_0101743F
Adoring Audience: Hundreds of young fans work themselves into a frenzy of excitement yesterday as they wait for the first gllmpse of their idols
Adoring Audience: Hundreds of young fans work themselves into a frenzy of excitement yesterday as they wait for the first gllmpse of their idols
8/3/1990
Jett's leather hips: Idol's curled lips
Jett's leather hips: Idol's curled lips
5/26/1987
Gifts and offerings of flowers, underclothes and bananas are thrown on stage as teenyboppers scream their approval of their idols. I can't bear it, sa(...)
Gifts and offerings of flowers, underclothes and bananas are thrown on stage as teenyboppers scream their approval of their idols. I can't bear it, sa(...)
6/2/1978
Room of idols, Well-known maitre of Louis Jannetta relaxes watching television in his favorite room, under his private gallery of the numerous persona(...)
Room of idols, Well-known maitre of Louis Jannetta relaxes watching television in his favorite room, under his private gallery of the numerous persona(...)
7/23/1985
Keeping dreariness at bay: Christopher Halnan's bedroom is a shrine to his idols, rock singer Elton John and Blue Lagoon star Christopher Atkins
Keeping dreariness at bay: Christopher Halnan's bedroom is a shrine to his idols, rock singer Elton John and Blue Lagoon star Christopher Atkins
7/15/1982
Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
5/15/1983
The long wait. Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner has waited 30 days in vain for a reply to his appeal to the federal government for a loan to help build ea(...)
The long wait. Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner has waited 30 days in vain for a reply to his appeal to the federal government for a loan to help build ea(...)
3/10/1961
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
More than 6,000 fans turned out at the Forum in Ontario Place last night for a sing-a-long stomp-a-long evening with their 39-year-old idol from Skinn(...)
More than 6,000 fans turned out at the Forum in Ontario Place last night for a sing-a-long stomp-a-long evening with their 39-year-old idol from Skinn(...)
6/3/1975
By Hugh Thomson, Jose Iturbi's movie fans packed Massey Hall 3,000 strong last night to hear their idol give a piano recital which ran from a Mozart sonata to Rhapsody in Blue
By Hugh Thomson, Jose Iturbi's movie fans packed Massey Hall 3,000 strong last night to hear their idol give a piano recital which ran from a Mozart sonata to Rhapsody in Blue
4/20/1951
George Harrison brought nostalgia for the Beatles era to a close in Toronto last night for a toal of 35,000 fans at his two Maple Leaf Garden shows. S(...)
George Harrison brought nostalgia for the Beatles era to a close in Toronto last night for a toal of 35,000 fans at his two Maple Leaf Garden shows. S(...)
12/6/1974
Which one is dancing the mashed potato? Valerie and Karyn Teresko, who were born deaf, are Beatle fans
Which one is dancing the mashed potato? Valerie and Karyn Teresko, who were born deaf, are Beatle fans
9/29/1965