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Title: Ethnic Groups : Greeks
Description: Image of crowd of men and women outside Massey Hall. Attached caption reads: "More than 2,000 members of Toronto's Greek community turned out at Massey Hall yesterday to celebrate the 141st anniversary of Greece's independence. Ane Mayor Nate Phillips told them that in doiing so they were becoming better Canadians. Said the Mayor: "It is very good to live in a free country where every ethnic grood can live in freedom practising its own religion and keeping up its own traditions. "I Think it is wonderful because Greece has given the world a culture in language and art that has endured for thousands of centuries and will continue to endure as long as the world endures." By practising their traditions in Toronto, the mayor said, Toronto's Greeks make the city more cosmopolitan and at the same time exercise their right to freeddom, which makes them better Canadians. The independence celebrations included a program of Greek National Dancing and singing."
Type: photoprint
Fonds: Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433)
Accession / Box: 1974-001 / 210 (1557)
Date: [March 1962]
Identifier: ASC08783
Identifier (PID): yul:233881

Title: Ethnic Groups : Greeks
Description: Image of archbishop leading religious service attended by other priests. Caption reads: "Pics show Archbishop and service -- also diver coming up with cross from lake -- and Archbishop carrying corss [sic] to waterfront."
Type: photoprint
Fonds: Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433)
Accession / Box: 1974-001 / 210 (1557)
Date: 17 September 1961
Identifier: ASC08775
Identifier (PID): yul:233876

Title: Portuguese Groups
Description: As part of the Centennial Year events, a Portuguese Canadian parade, including a procession of young girls in First Communion dresses walking down Bathurst Street (near Front Street). The Bathurst Street railway bridge can be seen in the background.
Type: photoprint
Fonds: Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433)
Accession / Box: 1974-001 / 214
Date: 11 June [1967]
Identifier: ASC27216
Identifier (PID): yul:94368