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Santa is in the swim. Santa Claus, alias John Baun, gets swim instruction from Gus Ryder in case of mishap when he arrives by canoe for crippled child(...)
Santa is in the swim. Santa Claus, alias John Baun, gets swim instruction from Gus Ryder in case of mishap when he arrives by canoe for crippled child(...)

Santa is in the swim. Santa Claus, alias John Baun, gets swim instruction from Gus Ryder in case of mishap when he arrives by canoe for crippled child(...)

Date11/27/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Santa is in the swim. Santa Claus, alias John Baun, gets swim instruction from Gus Ryder in case of mishap when he arrives by canoe for crippled children's swim display at Lake-shore club Dec 9 at 7:45 p.m. It's club's 36th annual Christmas display.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078262F
Water Babies get their badges. Mellissa Jacobson, Debra Bell and Tammy Heaney, all 3 years old, receive badges from Gus Ryder of Lakeshore Swim Club. (...)
Water Babies get their badges. Mellissa Jacobson, Debra Bell and Tammy Heaney, all 3 years old, receive badges from Gus Ryder of Lakeshore Swim Club. (...)
8/30/1971
40 years in the swim. Gus Ryder, 71, celebrates 40th anniversary of his Lakeshore Swim Club Sunday. Ryder, who specializes in coaching youngsters, is (...)
40 years in the swim. Gus Ryder, 71, celebrates 40th anniversary of his Lakeshore Swim Club Sunday. Ryder, who specializes in coaching youngsters, is (...)
8/24/1970
A swimming certificate for every public school graduate should be compulsory, says famous swimming coach Gus Ryder shown here teaching 4-year old Kim Chapman to swim the breast stroke
A swimming certificate for every public school graduate should be compulsory, says famous swimming coach Gus Ryder shown here teaching 4-year old Kim Chapman to swim the breast stroke
7/22/1970
At completion of channel swim near Dover, England, coach Gus Ryder is shown wading into water as Marilyn comes ashore on hands and knees. She was 17 w(...)
At completion of channel swim near Dover, England, coach Gus Ryder is shown wading into water as Marilyn comes ashore on hands and knees. She was 17 w(...)
8/10/1956
Kicking off santa claus parade, Kyle Kofsky gets the boot yesterday from the big, bad wolf on a float waiting in a Weston warehouse for this year's Santa Claus parade
Kicking off santa claus parade, Kyle Kofsky gets the boot yesterday from the big, bad wolf on a float waiting in a Weston warehouse for this year's Santa Claus parade
10/22/1990
It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
11/8/1976
Launching campaign: Jerry Lomax, Hamilton's favorite Santa Claus, gets a hand from Laura Robertson, 6, kicking off his fund-raising drive for needy children
Launching campaign: Jerry Lomax, Hamilton's favorite Santa Claus, gets a hand from Laura Robertson, 6, kicking off his fund-raising drive for needy children
11/7/1982
Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
1/5/1992
A wan smile by Marilyn and warm congratulations from coach Gus Ryder indicate the emotion of this moment, as Canada's sweetheart gets her breath on th(...)
A wan smile by Marilyn and warm congratulations from coach Gus Ryder indicate the emotion of this moment, as Canada's sweetheart gets her breath on th(...)
8/2/1955
Rosie gets the brush-off, Don Bezanson gives a smiling Rosie the Hippo the salon treatment in the Santa Claus Parade warehouse on Wendell Ave., North York, yesterday
Rosie gets the brush-off, Don Bezanson gives a smiling Rosie the Hippo the salon treatment in the Santa Claus Parade warehouse on Wendell Ave., North York, yesterday
10/19/1987
Companion for Caraboo: A narrative of the conduct and adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, alias Henry Frederic More Smith, alias William Newman, a native of Brighthelmstone, Sussex, and now under sentence of imprisonment, in Connecticut, in North America; containing an account of his unparalleled artifices, impostures, mechanical ingenuity, &c &c displayed during and subsequently to his confinement in one of His Majesty's gaols in the province of New Brunswick
Companion for Caraboo: A narrative of the conduct and adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, alias Henry Frederic More Smith, alias William Newman, a native of Brighthelmstone, Sussex, and now under sentence of imprisonment, in Connecticut, in North America; containing an account of his unparalleled artifices, impostures, mechanical ingenuity, &c &c displayed during and subsequently to his confinement in one of His Majesty's gaols in the province of New Brunswick
1817
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
4/9/1987