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Flower power: Designer Bert Higgins of Richmond Hill hopes his bouquet featuring all the provincial flowers will contribute to keeping Canada together during these troubled times
Flower power: Designer Bert Higgins of Richmond Hill hopes his bouquet featuring all the provincial flowers will contribute to keeping Canada together during these troubled times

Flower power: Designer Bert Higgins of Richmond Hill hopes his bouquet featuring all the provincial flowers will contribute to keeping Canada together during these troubled times

Date8/5/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128397F
Usually somebody's daughter presents flowers to the Queen but this time premier of P.E.I. Walter Shaw hands a bouquet to Her Majesty. It was a busy day for Royal couple who dedicated $5;600;000 Fathers of Confederation Memorial buildings which commemorate Canada's birth. Visit is culmination of summer-long ceremonies which drew record number of tourists to the island province.
Usually somebody's daughter presents flowers to the Queen but this time premier of P.E.I. Walter Shaw hands a bouquet to Her Majesty. It was a busy day for Royal couple who dedicated $5;600;000 Fathers of Confederation Memorial buildings which commemorate Canada's birth. Visit is culmination of summer-long ceremonies which drew record number of tourists to the island province.
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Portfolio cover with illustration of three fairies surrounded by flowers. Text reading "Das Rei ...
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Child in a bouquet of white flowers
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