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Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in

Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in

Date3/15/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro's big wheels get their lumps; While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough; Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112235F
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4/26/1974
Celebrity strike action. North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey and Toronto Mayor John Sewell went looking for strikes yester(...)
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2/16/1980
After winning the Progressive Conservative nomination in the provincial riding of Armourdale last night, North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) beams at Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey, one of his two nominators
After winning the Progressive Conservative nomination in the provincial riding of Armourdale last night, North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) beams at Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey, one of his two nominators
6/25/1975
Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair
Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair
2/18/1982
Civic leaders on wheels. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey gives Toronto Mayor David Crombie a ride on a bicycle around Nathan Phillips Square to promote th(...)
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4/9/1974
Honored at a dinner for his 15 years as a public servant, York Mayor Philip White is carried by Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) and East York Mayor Willis Blair
Honored at a dinner for his 15 years as a public servant, York Mayor Philip White is carried by Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey (left) and East York Mayor Willis Blair
6/11/1974
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
9/4/1981
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) addresses a press conference announcing a $25 million federal office building (architect's sketch behind him) will be built in the borough
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) addresses a press conference announcing a $25 million federal office building (architect's sketch behind him) will be built in the borough
5/22/1973
Conservation clown: Art Nesley, the clown with the boxed-in feeling, was spreading the word in North York yesterday about the savings from better insulating your home, while Mayor Mel Lastman got behind the wheel of the city's first propane garbage truck
Conservation clown: Art Nesley, the clown with the boxed-in feeling, was spreading the word in North York yesterday about the savings from better insulating your home, while Mayor Mel Lastman got behind the wheel of the city's first propane garbage truck
9/14/1981
Orth York Controller Paul Godfrey (left) and Mayor Mel Lastman, wearing yarmulkes, the traditional skullcap worn by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish m(...)
Orth York Controller Paul Godfrey (left) and Mayor Mel Lastman, wearing yarmulkes, the traditional skullcap worn by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish m(...)
1/8/1973
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (right), lawyer Barry Swadron (centre) and Alderman Jack Bedder hold a press conference on the case of Alderman John Knox, who has admitted he took a trip to the Bahamas on the $470 he received from the borough to study road m
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (right), lawyer Barry Swadron (centre) and Alderman Jack Bedder hold a press conference on the case of Alderman John Knox, who has admitted he took a trip to the Bahamas on the $470 he received from the borough to study road m
8/13/1973
We don't like to gloat, but . . . The first car down the Spadina ditch was driven by North York Alderman Esther Shiner accompanied by the borough's mayor, Mel Lastman. [Incomplete]
We don't like to gloat, but . . . The first car down the Spadina ditch was driven by North York Alderman Esther Shiner accompanied by the borough's mayor, Mel Lastman. [Incomplete]
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