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Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)
Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)

Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple(...)

Date9/1/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Maple Leaf Gardens stock purchase finallised-A happy pair are Stafford Smythe and Harol Ballard as they sign papers to finallise the purchase of Maple Leaf Gardens shares from John Bassett. Looking on from behind are (left to right) L.C.E. (Edward) Lawrence, Vice President of the Toronto Dominion Bank, Donald Giffen, a director of Maple Leaf Gardens and Allen T. Lambert, Toronto Dominion Chairman and President. The Toronto Dominion Bank was lending the $5,886,600 to purchase the 196,220 share of Gardens stock held by Bassett.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030540F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Harold Ballard (left) and Stafford Smythe have been charged under the Income Tax Act with offences involving $278,920 for Smythe and $134,685 for Ball(...)
Harold Ballard (left) and Stafford Smythe have been charged under the Income Tax Act with offences involving $278,920 for Smythe and $134,685 for Ball(...)
7/9/1969
Maple Leafs' owner Harold Ballard sits in Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday and reminisces about his 60-year friendship with King Clancy, who is in critica(...)
Maple Leafs' owner Harold Ballard sits in Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday and reminisces about his 60-year friendship with King Clancy, who is in critica(...)
11/9/1986
Bill Ballard, left, and Maple Leaf boss Donald Giffin, on opposite sides of the tortuous battle for control of Maple Leaf Gardens
Bill Ballard, left, and Maple Leaf boss Donald Giffin, on opposite sides of the tortuous battle for control of Maple Leaf Gardens
3/3/1991
Gardens reception. Harold Ballard Jr., son of the president of Maple Leaf Gardens, is pictured with his bride Nelja Botrie, as they arrived at their r(...)
Gardens reception. Harold Ballard Jr., son of the president of Maple Leaf Gardens, is pictured with his bride Nelja Botrie, as they arrived at their r(...)
9/29/1976
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
10/11/1974
The last goodbye: Yolanda Ballard gets a police escort into Maple Leaf Gardens today as she goes to say a final farewell to Harold Ballard
The last goodbye: Yolanda Ballard gets a police escort into Maple Leaf Gardens today as she goes to say a final farewell to Harold Ballard
4/16/1990
The president of Maple Leaf Gardens, Harold Ballard, and his son Bill look at diploma young Ballard received yesterday at the spring convocation of Yo(...)
The president of Maple Leaf Gardens, Harold Ballard, and his son Bill look at diploma young Ballard received yesterday at the spring convocation of Yo(...)
6/12/1972
Bill Ballard: He has pleaded not guilty to charge of assaulting Yolanda Ballard in an incident at Maple Leaf Gardens
Bill Ballard: He has pleaded not guilty to charge of assaulting Yolanda Ballard in an incident at Maple Leaf Gardens
6/27/1989
Welcome to the executive suite of Maple Leaf Gardens is extended by Harold Ballard (left) to former Leaf captain George Armstrong. One of Armstrong's (...)
Welcome to the executive suite of Maple Leaf Gardens is extended by Harold Ballard (left) to former Leaf captain George Armstrong. One of Armstrong's (...)
10/20/1971
Harold Ballard, relaxing in his Maple Leaf Gardens suite, should be enshrined in Rogues' Gallery as well as being a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (...)
Harold Ballard, relaxing in his Maple Leaf Gardens suite, should be enshrined in Rogues' Gallery as well as being a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (...)
1/24/1973
Harold Ballard, the president and general manager of Maple Leaf Gardens, sentenced to three years for theft and fraud, sees his first live hockey game(...)
Harold Ballard, the president and general manager of Maple Leaf Gardens, sentenced to three years for theft and fraud, sees his first live hockey game(...)
10/10/1973
Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
4/16/1990