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60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's, It will blink with 4,500 colored electric lights during holiday
60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's, It will blink with 4,500 colored electric lights during holiday

60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's, It will blink with 4,500 colored electric lights during holiday

Date12/10/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: 60-Foot Metal Christmas Tree on Corner of Simpson's; It will blink with 4;500 colored electric lights during holiday
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110563F
City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
City 'Lights Up' for Christmas, Passerby pause last night, after a brief lighting-up ceremony in front of City Hall, to gaze at the lights sparkling on a giant spruce tree
12/2/1968
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
12/21/1981
The Christmas 'People Tree'. Surrounded by flashing lights as they stand on platforms assembled in shape of a Christmas tree, 135 members of the choir(...)
The Christmas 'People Tree'. Surrounded by flashing lights as they stand on platforms assembled in shape of a Christmas tree, 135 members of the choir(...)
12/13/1971
Plastic Christmas Tree was still festooned with decorations and lights in the living room after the fire was put out
Plastic Christmas Tree was still festooned with decorations and lights in the living room after the fire was put out
12/13/1974
The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
11/29/1985
City set to crank up the Christmas lights: D9
City set to crank up the Christmas lights: D9
11/20/1987
Oh mommy, look at that! Alison Klein, 2, was peeking into the Christmas windows at the Simpson's store at Yonge and Queen last weekend and she liked w(...)
Oh mommy, look at that! Alison Klein, 2, was peeking into the Christmas windows at the Simpson's store at Yonge and Queen last weekend and she liked w(...)
11/9/1987
Christmas Cards at half price were selling well today in Simpsons and other stores, holding their last Boxing Day sales
Christmas Cards at half price were selling well today in Simpsons and other stores, holding their last Boxing Day sales
12/26/1975
Well, it's all over. Taking off his hat and carrying his boots, a tired Santa Claus walks through Simpsons on Christmas Eve after the rush is over and(...)
Well, it's all over. Taking off his hat and carrying his boots, a tired Santa Claus walks through Simpsons on Christmas Eve after the rush is over and(...)
12/25/1974
Sing it, uh, Sir: For 58 years, Simpsons staff and executives have been getting together and singing Christmas carols to their customers - all on company time and right under the boss's nose
Sing it, uh, Sir: For 58 years, Simpsons staff and executives have been getting together and singing Christmas carols to their customers - all on company time and right under the boss's nose
12/20/1982
Laying A Sidewalk--4 Storeys High, First of two 85-foot, 90-ton spans for a pedestrian walkway between the fourth floors of Simpsons-Sears mail order (...)
Laying A Sidewalk--4 Storeys High, First of two 85-foot, 90-ton spans for a pedestrian walkway between the fourth floors of Simpsons-Sears mail order (...)
7/15/1970
Pioneer Christmas, Evelyn Baker lights candles over the Christmas table in Halfway House at Pioneer Village at Steeles Ave. and Jane St. Decorations are going up all over the village
Pioneer Christmas, Evelyn Baker lights candles over the Christmas table in Halfway House at Pioneer Village at Steeles Ave. and Jane St. Decorations are going up all over the village
11/24/1974