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Image shows a helicopter in the air with Toronto's skyline in the background.
Aerial shape of things to come. A helicopter service which will whisk passengers between Malton and downtown Toronto in nine minutes is expected to get under way next week. Here the three-place chopper is shown rising from the park south of Harbour St. on the lakefront. [Incomplete]
Image shows a helicopter in the air with Toronto's skyline in the background.

Aerial shape of things to come. A helicopter service which will whisk passengers between Malton and downtown Toronto in nine minutes is expected to get under way next week. Here the three-place chopper is shown rising from the park south of Harbour St. on the lakefront. [Incomplete]

Date3/2/1961
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Original Toronto Star caption: Aerial shape of things to come. A helicopter service which will whisk passengers between Malton and downtown Toronto in nine minutes is expected to get under way next week. Here the three-place chopper is shown rising from the park south of Harbour St. on the lakefront. [Incomplete]
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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_0114957F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
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(1828) Plan of Toronto Harbour, Lake Ontario surveyed under the direction of Captn W.F.W. Owen, R.N
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