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Inside the cn tower mast, with its varied views of Toronto, is tower painter Tony Tracy
Inside the cn tower mast, with its varied views of Toronto, is tower painter Tony Tracy

Inside the cn tower mast, with its varied views of Toronto, is tower painter Tony Tracy

Date5/3/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Inside the cn tower mast; with its varied views of Toronto; is tower painter Tony Tracy. One reader says that the tower inspires paranoia-as if people inside the towr could see everything he does.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109872F
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
6/15/1975
Launching the tall ships, With the CN Tower in the background, appearing to rise from its decks like a mast, Pathfinder, one of Toronto's two tall shi(...)
Launching the tall ships, With the CN Tower in the background, appearing to rise from its decks like a mast, Pathfinder, one of Toronto's two tall shi(...)
4/11/1984
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
6/2/1976
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
4/2/1975
Image shows a photographer at the top of the CN Tower with an aerial view of Toronto in the bac ...
View from the top. A 45-minute climb took Star photographer Graham Bezant from restaurant pod to the top of the CN Tower. Photo was taken by one of tower painters, Norman LaPointe
5/3/1975
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
3/12/1974
With the CN Tower in the background, acrobat Alain Gauthier of Quebec-based Cirque du Soleil performs on the main mast of the big top. The one-ring ci(...)
With the CN Tower in the background, acrobat Alain Gauthier of Quebec-based Cirque du Soleil performs on the main mast of the big top. The one-ring ci(...)
7/22/1988
From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high
From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high
11/25/1974
The Bluenose II Sails In, Steering by the CN Tower, the Bluenose II sails for Toronto today on its way to Harborfront, where it will be on view throug(...)
The Bluenose II Sails In, Steering by the CN Tower, the Bluenose II sails for Toronto today on its way to Harborfront, where it will be on view throug(...)
6/3/1975
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
8/21/1974
Nestled at the base of the CN Tower, Gerald Gladstone's Universal Man is a disappointment to art critic Gary Michael Dault. It's inert when it should (...)
Nestled at the base of the CN Tower, Gerald Gladstone's Universal Man is a disappointment to art critic Gary Michael Dault. It's inert when it should (...)
7/23/1976
A view like no other of the Toronto skyline is what the CN Tower promises - and that's what it delivers
A view like no other of the Toronto skyline is what the CN Tower promises - and that's what it delivers
6/24/1986