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Relaying help to disabled. Toronto Mayor David Crombie was first torch-bearing runner in a 354-mile relay race by Upper Canada College students to rai(...)
Relaying help to disabled. Toronto Mayor David Crombie was first torch-bearing runner in a 354-mile relay race by Upper Canada College students to rai(...)

Relaying help to disabled. Toronto Mayor David Crombie was first torch-bearing runner in a 354-mile relay race by Upper Canada College students to rai(...)

Date5/7/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Relaying help to disabled. Toronto Mayor David Crombie was first torch-bearing runner in a 354-mile relay race by Upper Canada College students to raise money for Olympiad for Disabled Athletes to be held in Etobicoke in August. 1,416 laps, representing distance between Toronto and Montreal site of Summer Olympics, were run non-stop around school's track from Friday night to last night. Crombie ran two laps.
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It's more like entertainment than education as Toronto Mayor David Crombie talks with students at Forest Hill Collegiate during an 18-hour day of camp(...)
It's more like entertainment than education as Toronto Mayor David Crombie talks with students at Forest Hill Collegiate during an 18-hour day of camp(...)
11/29/1976
First woman in crombie's life. Toronto Mayor David Crombie presents a Civic Award of Merit to Dr. Jessie Gray, former chief surgeon at Women's College(...)
First woman in crombie's life. Toronto Mayor David Crombie presents a Civic Award of Merit to Dr. Jessie Gray, former chief surgeon at Women's College(...)
5/31/1973
Crombie tests his stamina. Toronto Mayor David Crombie pedals a mile on stationary bicycle yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square as various machines tes(...)
Crombie tests his stamina. Toronto Mayor David Crombie pedals a mile on stationary bicycle yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square as various machines tes(...)
8/13/1973
The joy of victory or of surviving the race? Mayor David Crombie is all smiles and wrinkled suit as he collapses into arms of University of Toronto fi(...)
The joy of victory or of surviving the race? Mayor David Crombie is all smiles and wrinkled suit as he collapses into arms of University of Toronto fi(...)
2/14/1977
Happy 42nd birthday, Mr. Mayor. More than 1,000 people turned out last night to help mayor David Crombie (left) celebrate 42nd birthday and open campa(...)
Happy 42nd birthday, Mr. Mayor. More than 1,000 people turned out last night to help mayor David Crombie (left) celebrate 42nd birthday and open campa(...)
4/24/1978
Christmas cards help children. Toronto Mayor David Crombie cuts a ribbon, opening the UNICEF Christmas card sale in the information centre at City hal(...)
Christmas cards help children. Toronto Mayor David Crombie cuts a ribbon, opening the UNICEF Christmas card sale in the information centre at City hal(...)
11/16/1973
From one mayor to another. The first replica of the Toronto mayor's chain of office was presented to Bert Wemp, mayor in 1930, by Mayor David Crombie.(...)
From one mayor to another. The first replica of the Toronto mayor's chain of office was presented to Bert Wemp, mayor in 1930, by Mayor David Crombie.(...)
3/5/1975
New mayor in an old sweater. On his first day as mayor-elect of Toronto, David Crombie stays at his home, at ease in denims and a sweater with hole in(...)
New mayor in an old sweater. On his first day as mayor-elect of Toronto, David Crombie stays at his home, at ease in denims and a sweater with hole in(...)
12/5/1972
Mayor David Crombie holds some of the gifts he has receibed in his first eight months in office
Mayor David Crombie holds some of the gifts he has receibed in his first eight months in office
10/2/1973
Christmas Kettle at city hall. Accompanied by Brigadier Ted Dyck and Betty Ann Lewis, mayor elect David Crombie slips the first donation into Salvatio(...)
Christmas Kettle at city hall. Accompanied by Brigadier Ted Dyck and Betty Ann Lewis, mayor elect David Crombie slips the first donation into Salvatio(...)
12/8/1972
A torch lit in Israel. While Mayor William Dennison watches, Wilma Brooks of the Toronto office of E1 A1 Airlines holds Torch of Independence at speci(...)
A torch lit in Israel. While Mayor William Dennison watches, Wilma Brooks of the Toronto office of E1 A1 Airlines holds Torch of Independence at speci(...)
9/28/1972
Mrs. Crombie, meet David the Dog. Vera Crombie meets a 3 1/2-month-old St. Bernard named for her son, Toronto mayor-elect David Crombie. Bud Nolan of (...)
Mrs. Crombie, meet David the Dog. Vera Crombie meets a 3 1/2-month-old St. Bernard named for her son, Toronto mayor-elect David Crombie. Bud Nolan of (...)
12/14/1972