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Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)
Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)

Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)

Date6/7/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Clinging to box cars; many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way to await the royal train. They swarmed past police lines to the railway embankments; and police followed them into the freight yards.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122519F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
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1/3/1991
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
Speed Sport Show features racing's finest, More than 200 of the world's best street machines, hot rods and custom-built cars will be showcased at the (...)
1/3/1991
Long-time hobby: Harold Middleton, who has wielded wrench and torch to build many street rods, leans on his latest - a '47 Ford coupe, nicknamed Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
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3/14/1988
Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above, in station's control room, are right, Bill Harvey, Henry Stevens and first operator Mike Stone
Workmen check fueling rods on reactor under construction, above, in station's control room, are right, Bill Harvey, Henry Stevens and first operator Mike Stone
10/20/1981
Close call: Joyce and Dr. John McClintock's garage was smashed when wheels flew of a box car. Cars tumbled down the rail right of way just a few metres from their home
Close call: Joyce and Dr. John McClintock's garage was smashed when wheels flew of a box car. Cars tumbled down the rail right of way just a few metres from their home
1/3/1990
Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
Hot rods: Harold Middleton, 41, a trucker-turned-car-appraiser, peers through the chrome wheel of a '47 Ford called Rock 'n' Roll Flathead
3/3/1988
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
Hot rods: Technicians work on the reactor tubes, which contain 6,240 bundles of uranium fuel rods
8/29/1989
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
1/27/1971
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
1/1/1963
Relaxing room, Norm Perry's study, above, is a sunny plant-filled space where walls are accented by colorful works of art. From the vantage point of a(...)
Relaxing room, Norm Perry's study, above, is a sunny plant-filled space where walls are accented by colorful works of art. From the vantage point of a(...)
9/20/1982
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7/30/1982
A man to look up to, Henry Hite, at 8-feet-2 claimed to be world's tallest man, has better vantage point than housemaid Teresa Gamboa for seeking dust on top of door at Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel
A man to look up to, Henry Hite, at 8-feet-2 claimed to be world's tallest man, has better vantage point than housemaid Teresa Gamboa for seeking dust on top of door at Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel
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