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Buck stops here: Control tower is airport nerve centre
Buck stops here: Control tower is airport nerve centre

Buck stops here: Control tower is airport nerve centre

Date3/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Buck stops here: Control tower is airport nerve centre.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0003222F
Buck stops here: A young supporter of York-North NDP candidate Evelyn Buck stops to wish Broadbent well
Buck stops here: A young supporter of York-North NDP candidate Evelyn Buck stops to wish Broadbent well
10/14/1988
Nerve centre: Air traffic controllers in the Toronto Island Airport control tower, built in 1953, handled 213,795 takeoffs and landings last year
Nerve centre: Air traffic controllers in the Toronto Island Airport control tower, built in 1953, handled 213,795 takeoffs and landings last year
9 May 1982
Nerve centre: Assistant Chief Marshal Roger Falconer and operator Susan Payne man the control tower
Nerve centre: Assistant Chief Marshal Roger Falconer and operator Susan Payne man the control tower
8/16/1983
Prince Charles stops for a chat at the Victoria airport with a group of women who had presented him with a clay pot
Prince Charles stops for a chat at the Victoria airport with a group of women who had presented him with a clay pot
4/1/1979
Puck stops here
Puck stops here
11/15/1988
Goaltender Glen Hanlon of the Red Wings, seen here making one of the 30 stops he turned in while shutting out the Maple Leafs 3-0 in Detroit on Wednes(...)
Goaltender Glen Hanlon of the Red Wings, seen here making one of the 30 stops he turned in while shutting out the Maple Leafs 3-0 in Detroit on Wednes(...)
5/1/1987
Nerve centre: Marco Larivera monitors the control panel of the Anik C3 satellite at Telesat Canada's new $ 5 million teleport at the foot of Leslie St
Nerve centre: Marco Larivera monitors the control panel of the Anik C3 satellite at Telesat Canada's new $ 5 million teleport at the foot of Leslie St
9/2/1987
Nerve centre of the TTC system is the control room on Bathurst St
Nerve centre of the TTC system is the control room on Bathurst St
8/1/1975
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
6/2/1986
Taking A Walkabout through part of the crowd of 15,000 that saw her open the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre, the Queen stops to chat with citize(...)
Taking A Walkabout through part of the crowd of 15,000 that saw her open the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre, the Queen stops to chat with citize(...)
6/1/1973
Showing the skills and iron nerve that make him the ''human fly,'' Dan Goodwin grips the aluminum sills that are his only support as he climbs the CN Tower today
Showing the skills and iron nerve that make him the ''human fly,'' Dan Goodwin grips the aluminum sills that are his only support as he climbs the CN Tower today
6/26/1986
Queen Mother Elizabeth stops to chat with veterans on her walk from City Hall to Osgoode Hall during her Toronto visit
Queen Mother Elizabeth stops to chat with veterans on her walk from City Hall to Osgoode Hall during her Toronto visit
6/28/1974