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Rosa and Spencer Clark: Preserving Beauty in a Changing City

Rosa 1888–1981 Spencer 1903–1986 Mount Pleasant Cemetery Section 43 Lot 1 Rosa Breithaupt Hewetson Clark and Herbert Spencer Clark were visionaries

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Air Canada Flight 621 Memorials: Honouring 109 Lives

Deborah Brown: A Journey to Freedom and Legacy in Toronto

Arthur Godfrey Peuchen: From Industrial Pioneer to Titanic Survivor

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Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin: Canada’s Last Executions

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Tom the Turkey: Beechwood’s Unlikely Star

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Dr. Alan Brown: A Pioneer in Child Health and Nutrition

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Korean War Gapyeong Battle Monument and Conflict Sculpture: Honouring Courage Through Design

Harry Gairey: Champion of Civil Rights and Community Builder

Jack Fraser: A Toronto Retail Icon

A full‑length black‑and‑white portrait of William George Barker standing in front of a plain studio backdrop. The officer is dressed in early 20th‑century military attire with a belted jacket, medals on the chest, tall boots, and a cap. He holds a riding crop or swagger stick in both hands, positioned in front of him. A handwritten note or signature is visible along the lower right side of the photograph.

William G. Barker, V.C.: Canada’s Fearless Air Ace

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Richard John Lucas: The Man Behind Canada’s Sugared Ham

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Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott: Canada’s First Black Physician and Civil Rights Advocate

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Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen: Canada’s First Woman to Earn a Medical Degree

Charles Bolton: Civil War Veteran and Pioneer of Embalming in Canada

Sanderson Pearcy: Entrepreneur and Community Builder

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Leonard Pears: Building Toronto’s Yellow Brick Road

Chalmers York Town Line Church: A Lost Cemetery Remembered

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William James McBain: Architect of Modern Ontario

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Gregory Clark: Canada’s Beloved Storyteller and War Correspondent

Handwritten Records at the Toronto Necropolis: Preserving the Past