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Mayor Phillips, I'm not a good fellow at pinning bouquets on myself, but I think I can say modestly that I have contributed to the building up of this great city
Mayor Phillips, I'm not a good fellow at pinning bouquets on myself, but I think I can say modestly that I have contributed to the building up of this great city

Mayor Phillips, I'm not a good fellow at pinning bouquets on myself, but I think I can say modestly that I have contributed to the building up of this great city

Date11/14/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mayor Phillips, I'm not a good fellow at pinning bouquets on myself, but I think I can say modestly that I have contributed to the building up of this great city.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073645F
Friendly Faces: Bouquets from young and old are the order of the day as Diana, Princess of Wales, greets some of the 5,000 people in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
Friendly Faces: Bouquets from young and old are the order of the day as Diana, Princess of Wales, greets some of the 5,000 people in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
10/25/1991
Crusader: I don't want people who read The Star to think I'm a confrontational fellow coming up here to tell us we are all wrong, Luis Palau says
Crusader: I don't want people who read The Star to think I'm a confrontational fellow coming up here to tell us we are all wrong, Luis Palau says
3/7/1992
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
With the passing of former mayor Nathan Phillips, above, Toronto has lost one of its most beloved citizens, reader says, He contributed to development of Toronto in his 35 years of public service
With the passing of former mayor Nathan Phillips, above, Toronto has lost one of its most beloved citizens, reader says, He contributed to development of Toronto in his 35 years of public service
9/29/1972
On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
11/3/1989
Jack Phillips Swam Humeer to Safety, I think Road washed out from Under Us volunteer Fireman
Jack Phillips Swam Humeer to Safety, I think Road washed out from Under Us volunteer Fireman
10/16/1954
Mayor Lorna Jackson: I think that as a female mayor: I'm more concerned with the environmental of the family
Mayor Lorna Jackson: I think that as a female mayor: I'm more concerned with the environmental of the family
3/12/1990
I love magazines but I think I'm probably getting a little stale,' says Micheal de Pencier
I love magazines but I think I'm probably getting a little stale,' says Micheal de Pencier
2/26/1982
Mayor David Crombie's daughter Carrie, 11, wearing cast on her leg, presents a bouquet of flowers to the Queen today at Nathan Phillips Square at City(...)
Mayor David Crombie's daughter Carrie, 11, wearing cast on her leg, presents a bouquet of flowers to the Queen today at Nathan Phillips Square at City(...)
6/26/1973
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
48 Grand Parade, Carlbourne; "My dear Smith I think I could sustain my copyright in the words "Sherlock Holmes and I don't think they have been used as an advertisement up to now."
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The mayor of all the people'. Nathan Phillips, Toronto's colorful mayor from 1955 to 1962, died early today of heart failure. He was 83 and had been i(...)
The mayor of all the people'. Nathan Phillips, Toronto's colorful mayor from 1955 to 1962, died early today of heart failure. He was 83 and had been i(...)
4/17/1969
I do more here than I did on the line, says Maria Kerkes of the Phillips Electronics Canada Ltd
I do more here than I did on the line, says Maria Kerkes of the Phillips Electronics Canada Ltd
2/11/1976