Tag Archives: Labour Day

Past Labour Day Parades

2 September 2011Archives & Special Collections, News, Photographs48th Highlanders, Adden, AFL-TLC Street Railway Employees Union, Albert Van, baton twirling, Bruce Reed, Canadian National Exhibition, CNE, Don Grant, Dufferin Gate, firefighters, Firefighters Local 113, Labour Day, Local 439, Local 95 of the International Association Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, MacLean, majorettes, Operative Potters Local 231, parade, Plumbers' Union, Ray McFadden, Toronto and District Labour Council, Toronto Fire Fighters, Toronto Telegram, TTC maintenance, unionsAnna St.Onge

The Annual Labour Day Parade down at Toronto's CNE grounds has a long history. In anticipation of Labour Day this Monday September 5th, 2011, here are some images from the Toronto Telegram from parades from 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1963, as photographed by Telegram photographers Ray McFadden, Bruce Reed, Don Grant, Albert Van, [...]

Additions to YorkSpace : CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) photographs

30 August 2010Archives & Special Collections, Photographsarchery, bag pipes, Canadian National Exhibition, CNE, dogs, fair, Labour Day, Labour Day Weekend, Ontario Place, pipe band, rollercoaster, Toronto Telegram, unions, water skiAnna St.Onge

Staff from the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections have added new historical photographs of the Canadian National Exhibition.
Photographed by staff of the Toronto Telegram, this selection of about 100 images document activities, performances and attendants of the annual fair founded in 1897 as a showcase for developments in manufacturing, agriculture, industry and the arts.
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