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The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in
The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in

The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in

Date10/21/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132301F
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
3/19/1976
Golden fingers. E. Dee Gold's been playing piano and singing in the Airport Hilton Hotel's Candelelight Room for eight years. Yesterday, she celebrate(...)
Golden fingers. E. Dee Gold's been playing piano and singing in the Airport Hilton Hotel's Candelelight Room for eight years. Yesterday, she celebrate(...)
3/27/1979
The man who ringed the world with hotels, 82-year-old Conrad Hilton, arrived in Toronto yesterday for a quick, one-day trip that could result in a $45(...)
The man who ringed the world with hotels, 82-year-old Conrad Hilton, arrived in Toronto yesterday for a quick, one-day trip that could result in a $45(...)
4/8/1968
Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
Aerial view: The open area west of the Toronto Star building and south of the Gardiner Expressway is where the project would be.-On the left is the Harbor Castle Convention Centre and Harbor Castle Hilton Hotel. On the right is the Toronto Star building. The project would encompass 2 million square feet of office and commercial space and link the waterfront to the downtown area.
7/30/1984
Wave of success: Charlie Hall, 39, inventor of the water bed, shows off a model at a manufactures' show at the Constellation Hotel.
Wave of success: Charlie Hall, 39, inventor of the water bed, shows off a model at a manufactures' show at the Constellation Hotel.
6/24/1983
Disc Jockey Vicky Watson masterminds the console at Misty's disco, the new glitzy-elegant spot in the Airport Hilton Hotel. [Incomplete]
Disc Jockey Vicky Watson masterminds the console at Misty's disco, the new glitzy-elegant spot in the Airport Hilton Hotel. [Incomplete]
5/5/1978
Dennis Flynn, deposed mayor of Etobicoke, was the special guest when 450 people attended the Queens-way Hospital Pink Ball at the Skyline Hotel last n(...)
Dennis Flynn, deposed mayor of Etobicoke, was the special guest when 450 people attended the Queens-way Hospital Pink Ball at the Skyline Hotel last n(...)
2/9/1973
Sheila and Arthur Hailey in Scarboro home: He visited 33 hotels for best-selling ''Hotel''?it's airports next
Sheila and Arthur Hailey in Scarboro home: He visited 33 hotels for best-selling ''Hotel''?it's airports next
4/2/1965
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
6/8/1980
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
Live entertainment is sweeping the suburbs - from band concerts in the park to the big-name entertainers making up the shower of stars as the Beverly Hills Motor Hotel's Hook and Ladder Club
2/22/1974
Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborou(...)
Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborou(...)
2/9/1981
Mechanized magazine rack: Paul Runstedler, chairman of the 31st annual convention of the Canadian Automatic Merchandising Association, takes magazine out of vending machine during the weekend exhibition at the Constellation Hotel
Mechanized magazine rack: Paul Runstedler, chairman of the 31st annual convention of the Canadian Automatic Merchandising Association, takes magazine out of vending machine during the weekend exhibition at the Constellation Hotel
3/15/1985