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Sight to see: More than 15,000 colored lights turn Simcoe's Wellington Park into a month-long Christmas Panorama tht draws some 100,000 visitors, some from as far away as Chicago
Sight to see: More than 15,000 colored lights turn Simcoe's Wellington Park into a month-long Christmas Panorama tht draws some 100,000 visitors, some from as far away as Chicago

Sight to see: More than 15,000 colored lights turn Simcoe's Wellington Park into a month-long Christmas Panorama tht draws some 100,000 visitors, some from as far away as Chicago

Date12/21/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sight to see: More than 15,000 colored lights turn Simcoe's Wellington Park into a month-long Christmas Panorama tht draws some 100,000 visitors, some from as far away as Chicago.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108190F
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