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More than 200 feet up, Benito Cortese restores stonework on old city hall clock tower while 20-foot of 79-year-old clock are being reglazed by special(...)
More than 200 feet up, Benito Cortese restores stonework on old city hall clock tower while 20-foot of 79-year-old clock are being reglazed by special(...)

More than 200 feet up, Benito Cortese restores stonework on old city hall clock tower while 20-foot of 79-year-old clock are being reglazed by special(...)

Date8/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: More than 200 feet up; Benito Cortese restores stonework on old city hall clock tower while 20-foot of 79-year-old clock are being reglazed by specialist from English community that built clock. Job will be finished next month.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111392F
High Noon for 3 months, Installed in 1901 at a cost of $19,750 in city's highest clock tower at 300 feet, clock at old city hall will again undergo major repairs and restoration
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This clock has an extra face, Metro Property Department worker George Thompson (arrow) peers from the clock tower of old city hall
This clock has an extra face, Metro Property Department worker George Thompson (arrow) peers from the clock tower of old city hall
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The curving towers of Toronto's new city hall seem about to envelop the clock tower of the old building in this unusual view from the 17th floor of th(...)
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View from 'Inside Clock' this is view of downtown Toronto from inside the clock in the clock tower of old City Hall, the photographer tell us. Just be(...)
View from 'Inside Clock' this is view of downtown Toronto from inside the clock in the clock tower of old City Hall, the photographer tell us. Just be(...)
8/21/1978
Having time of his life: George Thompson, who retires tomorrow, checks old city hall's giant clock. It's reflected in nearby Eaton tower.
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CITY HALL (1899-1965), clock tower
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Sunbathing time, Julie Baksa looks as if she doesn't particularly care what time is showing on the Old City Hall clock, because for her it's sunbathin(...)
Sunbathing time, Julie Baksa looks as if she doesn't particularly care what time is showing on the Old City Hall clock, because for her it's sunbathin(...)
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