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Moving an Eight-Ton Henry Moore, Lifting an eight-ton statue is really more than mover Ralph Clark can handle by himself. Blocked from view in this ph(...)
Moving an Eight-Ton Henry Moore, Lifting an eight-ton statue is really more than mover Ralph Clark can handle by himself. Blocked from view in this ph(...)

Moving an Eight-Ton Henry Moore, Lifting an eight-ton statue is really more than mover Ralph Clark can handle by himself. Blocked from view in this ph(...)

Date10/17/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Moving an Eight-Ton Henry Moore; Lifting an eight-ton statue is really more than mover Ralph Clark can handle by himself. Blocked from view in this photo is a big crane; which is giving Clark a hand in getting the piece by sculptor Henry Moore moved from storage into its permanent place outside the Art Gallery of Ontario at the corner of McCaul and Dundas Sts. Two Large Forms is one of more than 300 pieces Moore has given the gallery.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109277F
Endless Load, More than 200 employees in tow shifts handle tons of laundry that pass through the Brighton Laundry Co
Endless Load, More than 200 employees in tow shifts handle tons of laundry that pass through the Brighton Laundry Co
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Graham Robertson, chairman of the Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors, stands in front of one of his $150,000, eight-ton capacity front-end loaders
Graham Robertson, chairman of the Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors, stands in front of one of his $150,000, eight-ton capacity front-end loaders
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A little old-fashioned muscle, Each one of those hefty-but idle-machines in the background can handle up to three tons at the touch of a fingertip. Bu(...)
A little old-fashioned muscle, Each one of those hefty-but idle-machines in the background can handle up to three tons at the touch of a fingertip. Bu(...)
4/24/1974
The, Gottwald Container Cargo Crane lifting 22 Tons of Toronto Harbour & Iceland boat Tours, vessel, into the water for the opening of the Tour season, April 25
The, Gottwald Container Cargo Crane lifting 22 Tons of Toronto Harbour & Iceland boat Tours, vessel, into the water for the opening of the Tour season, April 25
4/22/1987
King Edward's mount arrives. Workmen start uncrating horse section of the 3-ton equestrian statue of King Edward VII, for mounting on a concrete base (...)
King Edward's mount arrives. Workmen start uncrating horse section of the 3-ton equestrian statue of King Edward VII, for mounting on a concrete base (...)
5/20/1969
Head man on the job. There's no doubt who is the head man on the job of putting together the 3-ton equestrian statue of King Edward VII in Queen's Par(...)
Head man on the job. There's no doubt who is the head man on the job of putting together the 3-ton equestrian statue of King Edward VII in Queen's Par(...)
5/22/1969
Bill Rogers, a 73-year-old bachelor who is paralyzed on the right side, supports himself by selling old newspapers for $4 a ton
Bill Rogers, a 73-year-old bachelor who is paralyzed on the right side, supports himself by selling old newspapers for $4 a ton
7/19/1973
After An Eight-Hour Siege in which more than 30 rifle shots were fired from a Scarborough apartment, 26-year-old resident is taken from the tear-gas-filled premises by Metro Police Sgt
After An Eight-Hour Siege in which more than 30 rifle shots were fired from a Scarborough apartment, 26-year-old resident is taken from the tear-gas-filled premises by Metro Police Sgt
1/1/1978
Art on the move. Financier Leonard Rosenberg called in the movers yesterday to get about $500,000 worth of art, including half a tonne of statues from(...)
Art on the move. Financier Leonard Rosenberg called in the movers yesterday to get about $500,000 worth of art, including half a tonne of statues from(...)
3/20/1983
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
9/2/1968
To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
1/27/1938
Playing at statues is part of learning at the art gallery, What was Henry Moore thinking of when he conceived his sculptures? Grade 6 students from Ou(...)
Playing at statues is part of learning at the art gallery, What was Henry Moore thinking of when he conceived his sculptures? Grade 6 students from Ou(...)
1/26/1976