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Royal York Hotel doorman Dougall MacDonald is armed and ready - with a bucket of apples and carrots - to hold off Trigger and his rider, Albertan Lloyd Jacobson, yesteray as they fall to hoof it into the hotel lobby
Royal York Hotel doorman Dougall MacDonald is armed and ready - with a bucket of apples and carrots - to hold off Trigger and his rider, Albertan Lloyd Jacobson, yesteray as they fall to hoof it into the hotel lobby

Royal York Hotel doorman Dougall MacDonald is armed and ready - with a bucket of apples and carrots - to hold off Trigger and his rider, Albertan Lloyd Jacobson, yesteray as they fall to hoof it into the hotel lobby

Date11/29/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0129823F
Mr. Ambassador for Metro's Welcome a Visitor Week, Eddie James Grogan, doorman at the Lord Simcoe Hotel, is congratulated by James Auld, Ontario minister of tourism and information, who pinned a silver medal on his chest for the style he uses in making visitors feel right at home.
Mr. Ambassador for Metro's Welcome a Visitor Week, Eddie James Grogan, doorman at the Lord Simcoe Hotel, is congratulated by James Auld, Ontario minister of tourism and information, who pinned a silver medal on his chest for the style he uses in making visitors feel right at home.
6/11/1970
Tip of the cap: Frank Owen Daly has hailed his last cab as doorman for the Royal York Hotel. After 39 years of ushering in the famour and not-so-famous, he is calling it quits. Staff and friends will be giving him a warm sendoff Friday.
Tip of the cap: Frank Owen Daly has hailed his last cab as doorman for the Royal York Hotel. After 39 years of ushering in the famour and not-so-famous, he is calling it quits. Staff and friends will be giving him a warm sendoff Friday.
3/5/1985
In the lobby of the Royal York Hotel, Ron Robins takes time to recharge his energy through transcendental meditation.
In the lobby of the Royal York Hotel, Ron Robins takes time to recharge his energy through transcendental meditation.
5/24/1993
Spending a day with George the doorman
Spending a day with George the doorman
5/4/1989
Ross Cairns with Device to help paralysis victims Touch of his chin triggers selectors to operate various appliances
Ross Cairns with Device to help paralysis victims Touch of his chin triggers selectors to operate various appliances
9/7/1972
Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave
Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave
1/3/1972
Touchy issue: George Fleschmann, president of the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada, says his lobby group has maintained relentless pressure against a proposal to help troubled Western grain farmers by jacking up the price of wheat. He says the pla
Touchy issue: George Fleschmann, president of the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada, says his lobby group has maintained relentless pressure against a proposal to help troubled Western grain farmers by jacking up the price of wheat. He says the pla
9/11/1986
A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today
A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today
4/25/1984
Hotel executive Albert Elovic checks dessert with Constellation Hotel chef. Elovic has nine adopted children.
Hotel executive Albert Elovic checks dessert with Constellation Hotel chef. Elovic has nine adopted children.
4/13/1974
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
9/20/1978
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
9/26/1979
Saying goodby: Fergie Ferguson, for 35 years a page boy at the Royal York Hotel, gets a good by handshake from Imperial Room maitre d'hotel Lou Janetta yesterday. Ferguson said his retirement is an end to hotel page boys. I was the last one left in Toron
Saying goodby: Fergie Ferguson, for 35 years a page boy at the Royal York Hotel, gets a good by handshake from Imperial Room maitre d'hotel Lou Janetta yesterday. Ferguson said his retirement is an end to hotel page boys. I was the last one left in Toron
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