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Siesta in the summer sun. Noon-hour idlers take their ease beneath the Queen's Park statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney while yesterday's warm sunshine (...)

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Siesta in the summer sun. Noon-hour idlers take their ease beneath the Queen's Park statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney while yesterday's warm sunshine (...)

Date7/9/1968

Names

Teskey, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Siesta in the summer sun. Noon-hour idlers take their ease beneath the Queen's Park statue of Sir James Pliny Whitney while yesterday's warm sunshine lasted. Later sudden summer rainstorms soon cleared the park. Whitney was the sixth premier of Ontario.

Subject

Monuments

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0114406F

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