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Nate's back at city hall. At a reception in the City Hall foyer yesterday after the inaugural meeting of the new Council, Alderman John Sewell (left) (...)
Nate's back at city hall. At a reception in the City Hall foyer yesterday after the inaugural meeting of the new Council, Alderman John Sewell (left) (...)

Nate's back at city hall. At a reception in the City Hall foyer yesterday after the inaugural meeting of the new Council, Alderman John Sewell (left) (...)

Date1/6/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Nate's back at city hall. At a reception in the City Hall foyer yesterday after the inaugural meeting of the new Council, Alderman John Sewell (left) talks with former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips. Sewell's mother, Mrs. W. S. Sewell, is behind the two men.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0079553F
City Hall (1899-1965)), Interior, council chamber, showing city council's inaugural 1915 meeting
City Hall (1899-1965)), Interior, council chamber, showing city council's inaugural 1915 meeting
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Nate's Birthday. Former mayor of Toronto Nathan Phillips got a 75th birthday kiss last night from his granddaughter Lois Phillips, 9, at the Park Plaza Hotel birthday party
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She has her eye on Nate's throne
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1/1/1971
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1/9/1963
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Alderman John Sewell got straight A's from just about everyone after he chaired the city's controversial development committee yesterday. Even some of(...)
1/19/1978
Lt.-Gov. W. Ross MacDonald swears in the new Halton Regional Council last night in Central High School, Burlington. After the inaugural meeting, the c(...)
Lt.-Gov. W. Ross MacDonald swears in the new Halton Regional Council last night in Central High School, Burlington. After the inaugural meeting, the c(...)
10/18/1973
A magnificent new setting, but the same old fights dominated city council today at its first meeting in the $31 million city hall opened yesterday. Bu(...)
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