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From ashes
From ashes

From ashes

Date2/2/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: From ashes: The oldest part of Simpson's; completed in 1896 at Yonge and Queen Sts.; is in same Chicago style as original building which burned three months after it opened Dec. 4; 1894.
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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_0110565F
New glory from ashes for historic office site
New glory from ashes for historic office site
10/11/1983
Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
12/23/1986
Grand prix winner Jim Hall whizzes past pall of black smoke from burning car: Crowd gathers above track to watch Herb Swann's Elva-BMW reduced to ashes on 11th lap of 250-mile classic at Mosport
Grand prix winner Jim Hall whizzes past pall of black smoke from burning car: Crowd gathers above track to watch Herb Swann's Elva-BMW reduced to ashes on 11th lap of 250-mile classic at Mosport
9/25/1965
Arising from the ashes of Expo is this year's Man and his world exhibition, to be staged on the Expo site by the city Montreal. Though it is not an ap(...)
Arising from the ashes of Expo is this year's Man and his world exhibition, to be staged on the Expo site by the city Montreal. Though it is not an ap(...)
3/21/1968
Noah, Arthur Ashe's protege from Cameroon upset Poland's Wojtek Fibak at the U
Noah, Arthur Ashe's protege from Cameroon upset Poland's Wojtek Fibak at the U
9/4/1977
Resting in an urn before the communion table of Weston's Presbyterian church are the ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier the padre brought back from Normandy
Resting in an urn before the communion table of Weston's Presbyterian church are the ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier the padre brought back from Normandy
2/2/1946
A pamphlet on Canada unleached hardwood ashes as a fertilizer
A pamphlet on Canada unleached hardwood ashes as a fertilizer
1888
Neat picket pence stands unmarked by the fire in Cobalt yesterday that left the home it guarded and dozens more a pile of smouldering ashes. A residen(...)
Neat picket pence stands unmarked by the fire in Cobalt yesterday that left the home it guarded and dozens more a pile of smouldering ashes. A residen(...)
5/24/1977
'I remember all the good times,' Margaret Shepherd said as she returned to Cobalt to view the ashes of the house in which she was born
'I remember all the good times,' Margaret Shepherd said as she returned to Cobalt to view the ashes of the house in which she was born
5/26/1977
A fire captain wheels out ashes in a search for fire victims
A fire captain wheels out ashes in a search for fire victims
1/1/1980
Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley R(...)
Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley R(...)
2/7/1986
Ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier which were brought to Canada and returned to Normanday are buried by Maj
Ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier which were brought to Canada and returned to Normanday are buried by Maj
4/22/1946