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Sweet and sour. Toronto's Chinatown went all out with firecrackers, dragons and lions for visit by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, seen here getting instr(...)
Sweet and sour. Toronto's Chinatown went all out with firecrackers, dragons and lions for visit by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, seen here getting instr(...)

Sweet and sour. Toronto's Chinatown went all out with firecrackers, dragons and lions for visit by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, seen here getting instr(...)

Date11/17/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sweet and sour. Toronto's Chinatown went all out with firecrackers, dragons and lions for visit by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, seen here getting instructions on use of chopsticks in an Elizabeth St chop suey house. Children lined streets of Chinatown to wave miniature flags as Prime Minister passed.
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Dimensions9 x 13.8 cm, 1Pages (3 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043707F
A lion dance on Elizabeth St. ushers in the Chinese Year of the Ox with a noisy, colourful parade through Chinatown Saturday. Drums and firecrackers m(...)
A lion dance on Elizabeth St. ushers in the Chinese Year of the Ox with a noisy, colourful parade through Chinatown Saturday. Drums and firecrackers m(...)
2/4/1973
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3/15/1974
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
10/2/1977
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker chats with his wife, Olive, last night at the 1973 Negev dinner held in tribute to him. Sponsored annually by t(...)
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker chats with his wife, Olive, last night at the 1973 Negev dinner held in tribute to him. Sponsored annually by t(...)
12/5/1973
Olive Diefenbaker: A gracious, intelligent woman fits deftly into the demanding post prime minister's wife
Olive Diefenbaker: A gracious, intelligent woman fits deftly into the demanding post prime minister's wife
7/20/1957
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No Canadian should think that it will be the end for this country because Quebec leaves, former prime minister John Diefenbaker tells 1,500 people at (...)
No Canadian should think that it will be the end for this country because Quebec leaves, former prime minister John Diefenbaker tells 1,500 people at (...)
3/28/1977
Glare of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). O(...)
Glare of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). O(...)
12/2/1976
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
Glared of publicity or television lights does not usually faze former prime minister John Diefenbaker - but he likes dark glasses in Barbados (left). (...)
1/23/1977
The old man by the sea. Heading for a swim, former prime minister John Diefenbaker takes a break from writing the third and final volume of his memoir(...)
The old man by the sea. Heading for a swim, former prime minister John Diefenbaker takes a break from writing the third and final volume of his memoir(...)
1/23/1977
Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
Donna meets the chief. Donna Bentley, 22, gets a handshake from former prime minister John Diefenbaker in Toronto today. The Chief was at the downtown(...)
11/30/1976
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, above, is accused of creating more disunity in this country than any other source including Rene Levesque, by reader in letter at right
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, above, is accused of creating more disunity in this country than any other source including Rene Levesque, by reader in letter at right
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