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A Christmas 'Crown of candles'
A Christmas 'Crown of candles'

A Christmas 'Crown of candles'

Date12/2/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Christmas 'Crown of candles'. Marking the annual Lucia Day festival of lights; 19-year-old Anne-Marie Peterson; of Stockholm; Sweden; wears a crown of candles after being crowned Queen of Light by the Scandinavian-Canadian Club at Queen's Park yesterday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001939F
Pioneer Christmas, Evelyn Baker lights candles over the Christmas table in Halfway House at Pioneer Village at Steeles Ave. and Jane St. Decorations are going up all over the village
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11/20/1992
Big Mac helps (from left) Joe Griffin, 9, Patrick Taylor, 10, and Alex Nagyar, 7, blow out candles.
Big Mac helps (from left) Joe Griffin, 9, Patrick Taylor, 10, and Alex Nagyar, 7, blow out candles.
4/4/1979
In memory: Stuart Swartz, 15, and his mother, Molly, light candles yesterday in memory of their own family members and the millions of others who died during the Holocaust
In memory: Stuart Swartz, 15, and his mother, Molly, light candles yesterday in memory of their own family members and the millions of others who died during the Holocaust
1/31/1985
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Mrs. Cryer blows out the candles at her birthday party yesterday
Mrs. Cryer blows out the candles at her birthday party yesterday
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3/4/1981
A century of living, Bella Goldmacher, with some help from her grandson Steven Derlick and granddaughter Doreen Litowitz, blows out the candles on her(...)
A century of living, Bella Goldmacher, with some help from her grandson Steven Derlick and granddaughter Doreen Litowitz, blows out the candles on her(...)
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Keeping the faith: About 3,000 Metro blacks carry lighted candles at Harbourfront to show symbolic support for blacks fighting apartheid in South Africa
Keeping the faith: About 3,000 Metro blacks carry lighted candles at Harbourfront to show symbolic support for blacks fighting apartheid in South Africa
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Birthday boy: Sculptor Kass Eloul, with help from his wife, artist Rita Letendre, blows out three large candles on his 60th birthday cake
Birthday boy: Sculptor Kass Eloul, with help from his wife, artist Rita Letendre, blows out three large candles on his 60th birthday cake
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