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He didn't know 'Kidnapping' was a Gag
He didn't know 'Kidnapping' was a Gag

He didn't know 'Kidnapping' was a Gag

Date10/19/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: He didn't know 'Kidnapping' was a Gag. The Great True davidson Kidnap Caper, a stunt to collect $50 ransom for United Appeal, hits a 65-year-old roadblock named Charlie Lillie who thundered to her rescue at the East York mayor's first mock scream as 11 Le
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0042039F
True's now a fire chief. Retiring Mayor True Davidson of East York kisses East York Fire Chief Ernest Bell last night after he had presented her with (...)
True's now a fire chief. Retiring Mayor True Davidson of East York kisses East York Fire Chief Ernest Bell last night after he had presented her with (...)
11/23/1972
True grip on the polluted Don. East York Mayor True Davidson holds high a piece of junk pulled Don River today as she helps Robert Hurlburt, president(...)
True grip on the polluted Don. East York Mayor True Davidson holds high a piece of junk pulled Don River today as she helps Robert Hurlburt, president(...)
7/8/1971
It's really quite lovely, says East York Mayor True Davidson as she works away on a civic invitation list by the light of a dozen candles in her home,(...)
It's really quite lovely, says East York Mayor True Davidson as she works away on a civic invitation list by the light of a dozen candles in her home,(...)
9/6/1971
East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing a long green gown supposedly symbolizing the Spirit of the Don, walks beside Major Michael Stevenson (left), of(...)
East York Mayor True Davidson, wearing a long green gown supposedly symbolizing the Spirit of the Don, walks beside Major Michael Stevenson (left), of(...)
8/2/1971
Davidson, True (misc & groups 1971)
Davidson, True (misc & groups 1971)
8/2/1971
For True Davidson life begins at 70
For True Davidson life begins at 70
4/19/1971
True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
12/11/1972
Farewell to a 'Champion of the little Guy'
Farewell to a 'Champion of the little Guy'
9/21/1978
East York Mayor True Davidson addresses a meeting of the Metro Social Planning Council at which, she says, activists moved in and took over
East York Mayor True Davidson addresses a meeting of the Metro Social Planning Council at which, she says, activists moved in and took over
3/20/1970
Taxpayer sounds off. R. J. Doherty, acting head of the Ward 3 ratepayers association, gives East York mayor True Davidson a piece of his mind after 25(...)
Taxpayer sounds off. R. J. Doherty, acting head of the Ward 3 ratepayers association, gives East York mayor True Davidson a piece of his mind after 25(...)
8/27/1969
New 'Town' starts. True Davidson, East York mayor, breaks the ground at Cresent Town, which will accommodate 20,000 persons in 14 buildings near the Victoria Park subway
New 'Town' starts. True Davidson, East York mayor, breaks the ground at Cresent Town, which will accommodate 20,000 persons in 14 buildings near the Victoria Park subway
9/18/1969
Afraid of civic chaos if people power groups get more federal funds are East York Mayor True Davidson, Toronto Alderman June Marks, and Scarborough Co(...)
Afraid of civic chaos if people power groups get more federal funds are East York Mayor True Davidson, Toronto Alderman June Marks, and Scarborough Co(...)
9/30/1969