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Today, metro gets a gray TV image
Today, metro gets a gray TV image

Today, metro gets a gray TV image

Date9/18/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Today, metro gets a gray TV image. Against a rain-gray backdrop of Toronto's downtown skyline, Canadian communications specialist Marshall McLuhan (left) is interviewed in Nathan Phillips Square by commentator Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs, host of the Today TV show. It was last of two Metro telecasts among five Today shows originated in Canada.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0067521F
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