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President's up in the air. Donald Mordell, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, rides up in a cherry-picker to release a net of balloons to o(...)
President's up in the air. Donald Mordell, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, rides up in a cherry-picker to release a net of balloons to o(...)

President's up in the air. Donald Mordell, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, rides up in a cherry-picker to release a net of balloons to o(...)

Date1/24/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: President's up in the air. Donald Mordell, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, rides up in a cherry-picker to release a net of balloons to open the school's two-day winter carnival yesterday. Something jammed, and the balloons escaped one by one.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0069291F
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