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On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days, bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time wit(...)
On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days, bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time wit(...)

On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days, bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time wit(...)

Date3/22/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: On hands last night to reminisce about the old songs and jokes from Happy Gang Days; bandleader Bobby Gimby (left) and Horace Lapp have a fun time with Kathleen (Kay) Stokes; who used to be billed as Canada's Sweet-heart of the Theatre Organ; on the occasion of her 83rd birthday. Party was held in the Great Hall of Casa Loma.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0102049F
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Image shows a gentleman and a lady shaking hands and laughing on stage with the audience in the ...
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Lapp, Horace
Lapp, Horace
12/1/1938