FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA RELEASE
TORONTO RAILWAY MUSEUM (TRM) TO HOST VIRTUAL LECTURE EVENT,
“THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE: THE AMBROSE SMALL SAGA”
Bringing you back to December 1919 and the “extraordinary unsolved mystery”
April 6, 2022 (TORONTO, ON): The Toronto Railway Museum (TRM), a non-profit organization located in the iconic Roundhouse Park across from the CN Tower, is happy to welcome Katie Daubs, a journalist and a feature writer at the Toronto Star and the author of the Missing Millionaire, for an online lecture about the Small Mystery on April 21st at 8 pm. In this talk you will learn about the stranger-than-fiction characters in the Ambrose Small saga, and the development of Toronto as the drama around his disappearance unfolded.
The railway was central to Small’s business, as traveling shows of the era sent all their actors, props, and scenery by rail. It was expensive for theatre companies, and Daubs will explain how Small used that to his advantage as he built a cross-Ontario network of theatres, connected by rail.
Tickets for this event are free, although registration is required on TRM’s website here.
Attendees will get access to our exclusive Zoom meeting room, where they can engage directly with the presenter and museum historians in a post-lecture Q&A. The event will begin at 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time, and will end at 9:30pm EST.
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Contact
Kelly Burwash
Museum Manager & Curator
manager@trha.ca
416-214-9229
ABOUT KATIE DAUBS:
Katie Daubs is a journalist and a feature writer at the Toronto Star, where she writes about many topics, including local history. Before joining the Star, she worked at the Ottawa Citizen and she was a graduate of Carleton University. The Missing Millionaire is her first book, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Crime Writing (Best Non-Fiction Book) and the 2020 Toronto Book Awards.
Honours and Awards:
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Long Feature (2017)
Winner — William Southam Journalism Fellowship (2016)
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Long Feature (2015)
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Multimedia Feature (2014)
Winner — National Newspaper Award, Presentation (2012)
Winner — Diane King-Stuemer Fellowship (2008)
ABOUT THE TORONTO RAILWAY MUSEUM
The Toronto Railway Museum (TRM) brings people together by telling stories of Toronto’s railway heritage. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Toronto and is typically open year-round. TRM presents exhibits, tours, educational programs and publications that broaden the understanding and appreciation of Toronto’s rich railway history. TRM is committed to telling the stories of the railways, and welcoming conversations of its varied experiences through its lecture series, exhibits and integrated programming with a mission to learn from the past to make the future better.
The Toronto Railway Museum would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Community Building Fund. More information is available here.
ABOUT TORONTO RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (TRHA)
Established in 2001 to work with the City of Toronto to establish a railway museum at the John Street Roundhouse. The TRHA is incorporated and is a federally registered charity. Its primary purpose is to promote the development of the TRM.
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