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New use: A majestic cathedral in Riga, Latvia, has been turned into a planetarium and theatre
New use: A majestic cathedral in Riga, Latvia, has been turned into a planetarium and theatre

New use: A majestic cathedral in Riga, Latvia, has been turned into a planetarium and theatre

Date8/27/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: New use: A majestic cathedral in Riga; Latvia; has been turned into a planetarium and theatre.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118453F
Right - Leaders of the small Jewish community in Riga, Latvia (from left), Rachmiel Friedman, Rabbi Gershen Gurevitch, Chaim Druyan
Right - Leaders of the small Jewish community in Riga, Latvia (from left), Rachmiel Friedman, Rabbi Gershen Gurevitch, Chaim Druyan
8/27/1987
Thunder, Perfect Mind, written by Paul Gross, above, will break new ground for theatre when it opens at the McLaughlin Planetarium. Left, Broken Wisdom, one of the play's slide images
Thunder, Perfect Mind, written by Paul Gross, above, will break new ground for theatre when it opens at the McLaughlin Planetarium. Left, Broken Wisdom, one of the play's slide images
11/6/1985
Primitive Hospital: Somall surgeons work on a patient in a living room that has been turned into an operating theatre
Primitive Hospital: Somall surgeons work on a patient in a living room that has been turned into an operating theatre
2/2/1992
Star show: John Kenny, above, works the control console in the planetarium's theatre
Star show: John Kenny, above, works the control console in the planetarium's theatre
10/3/1987
Majestic Mountains: Canada has 39 national parks, including Jasper, but plans to add more are behind schedule
Majestic Mountains: Canada has 39 national parks, including Jasper, but plans to add more are behind schedule
1/7/1985
Colorized photograph of a city street with tall building on either side.
Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, Toronto, Canada
Approximately 1914
$1 million planetarium soon to be crowned, Workmen will give Toronto's $1,000,000 planetarium its head during the winter when they place a huge concre(...)
$1 million planetarium soon to be crowned, Workmen will give Toronto's $1,000,000 planetarium its head during the winter when they place a huge concre(...)
12/12/1967
U.S. Astronaut James Lovell signs autographs and talks with scores of young people as he stands in the lobby of Toronto's McLaughlin Planetarium today. In Toronto to address the Empire Club last night, he visited the planetarium and the Ontario Science Centre
U.S. Astronaut James Lovell signs autographs and talks with scores of young people as he stands in the lobby of Toronto's McLaughlin Planetarium today. In Toronto to address the Empire Club last night, he visited the planetarium and the Ontario Science Centre
8/19/1970
There'll be no mooning about the heavens in his new planetarium, says director Dr. Henry King
There'll be no mooning about the heavens in his new planetarium, says director Dr. Henry King
6/21/1968
April 19, Shedding the plastic coating, dome of new multi-million dollar planetarium can be seen beneath timber framework
April 19, Shedding the plastic coating, dome of new multi-million dollar planetarium can be seen beneath timber framework
4/25/1968
Retired civil servant and local historian, John Patrick Dunn, rests on the original mill's grinding stone that has been turned into a memorial, Almonte, Ontario
Retired civil servant and local historian, John Patrick Dunn, rests on the original mill's grinding stone that has been turned into a memorial, Almonte, Ontario
1/14/1988
Landmark casa loma has been turned into a Christmas Fairyland for the second year in a row and will be open to the public from Saturday on with procee(...)
Landmark casa loma has been turned into a Christmas Fairyland for the second year in a row and will be open to the public from Saturday on with procee(...)
11/11/1964