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This is the poster that has been drawing thousands of young people from the U
This is the poster that has been drawing thousands of young people from the U

This is the poster that has been drawing thousands of young people from the U

Date8/6/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: This is the poster that has been drawing thousands of young people from the U.S. to the combination rock festival and motorcycle race this weekend at Mosport. A legal bid to block the festival was turned down yesterday by a judge.
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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_0103085F
Waiting for Love, Sun, and sound, which is what a heavy advertising campaign has told them to expect, thousands of young people - mostly from the U.S.(...)
Waiting for Love, Sun, and sound, which is what a heavy advertising campaign has told them to expect, thousands of young people - mostly from the U.S.(...)
8/7/1970
Waiting for a festival at Mosport, which may or may not get started, a group of young people stand beside their tent near a U.S. flag that is flown up(...)
Waiting for a festival at Mosport, which may or may not get started, a group of young people stand beside their tent near a U.S. flag that is flown up(...)
8/5/1970
Enjoying the sun fully, young people attending the Mosport Strawberry Fields rock festival bask in one of the wooded glens on the 500-acre property. E(...)
Enjoying the sun fully, young people attending the Mosport Strawberry Fields rock festival bask in one of the wooded glens on the 500-acre property. E(...)
8/9/1970
On his way from Mosport after doing his thing, whatever that may have been, a rock festival fan leaves grounds, carrying a cross, to hitchhike home
On his way from Mosport after doing his thing, whatever that may have been, a rock festival fan leaves grounds, carrying a cross, to hitchhike home
8/10/1970
Heading for the festival in a car painted with a huge U
Heading for the festival in a car painted with a huge U
8/7/1970
People, people everywhere, and most of them were having a great time out at Mosport Park on the weekend
People, people everywhere, and most of them were having a great time out at Mosport Park on the weekend
8/28/1978
About 50,000 people line University Ave
About 50,000 people line University Ave
8/5/1974
Just a fraction of the 23,000 people who turned out for the Mariposa Festival on Centre Island over the weekend, these happy folks yesterday enjoyed f(...)
Just a fraction of the 23,000 people who turned out for the Mariposa Festival on Centre Island over the weekend, these happy folks yesterday enjoyed f(...)
6/23/1974
Fans of the rock group of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were crowded into Varsity Stadium without a bearable spot to sit down in, reader complains in(...)
Fans of the rock group of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were crowded into Varsity Stadium without a bearable spot to sit down in, reader complains in(...)
9/2/1974
Through the mists of mosport a young couple walk past cars and trailers as the sun rises today over the site of the Strawberry Fields festival. Behind(...)
Through the mists of mosport a young couple walk past cars and trailers as the sun rises today over the site of the Strawberry Fields festival. Behind(...)
8/7/1970
Moving out of mosport at the end of the Strawberry Fields rock festival, young hitchhikers stand beside the highway holding up signs indicating where (...)
Moving out of mosport at the end of the Strawberry Fields rock festival, young hitchhikers stand beside the highway holding up signs indicating where (...)
8/10/1970
Fans of the rock group of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were crowded into Varsity Stadium without a bearable spot to sit down in, reader complains in(...)
Fans of the rock group of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were crowded into Varsity Stadium without a bearable spot to sit down in, reader complains in(...)
9/2/1974