Textual proclamation (front).
Proclamation of V-E Day celebrations by City of Toronto
May 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 340, Subseries 8, File 49
Textual proclamation (back).
Proclamation of V-E Day celebrations by City of Toronto
May 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 340, Subseries 8, File 49

 

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Crowd at Old City Hall stone cenotaph seen from above.
Crowd at Old City Hall
May 7 or 8, 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 8, File 309, Item 11

 

Type letter with letterhead at top..
Letter to Mayor Saunders from the Association of Toronto Hotel Proprietors, regarding V-E Day celebrations
1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 361, Subseries 1, File 695

 

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This letter of congratulations on Toronto’s decorum might have been prompted by the V-E Day riots in Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where thousands of service personnel and townspeople looted liquor and other stores, smashed windows, and set fires.

 

Man in dark coat stands in front of wreath made of flowers..
Mayor H. Saunders at official V-E Day service at Cenotaph, Old City Hall
May 8, 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 8, File 309, Item 20

 

Crowd at Old City Hall stone cenotaph seen from above.
Official V-E Day service at Cenotaph, Old City Hall
May 8, 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Series 8, File 309, Item 7