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CA-NA-DA Pied Piper Bobby Gimby arrives at Bloor and Yonge Sts yesterday with 50 school children who headed south on Yonge from Asquith Ave. with flag(...)

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CA-NA-DA Pied Piper Bobby Gimby arrives at Bloor and Yonge Sts yesterday with 50 school children who headed south on Yonge from Asquith Ave. with flag(...)

Date6/29/1978

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Gimby, Bobby, 1918-1998 (subject)

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: CA-NA-DA Pied Piper Bobby Gimby arrives at Bloor and Yonge Sts yesterday with 50 school children who headed south on Yonge from Asquith Ave. with flags and balloons singing a medley of Canada songs. They performed in the Bay store where they celebrated with a Canada Week cake. Gimby's forehead is bandaged from cuts suffered during the DC-9 crash on Monday.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0050106F

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