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She chose carpentry
She chose carpentry

She chose carpentry

Date12/29/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: She chose carpentry: Former teacher Libby Pritchard wanted to return to work after 10 years raising a family but her ambition to become a carpenter ran into roadblocks; beginning with Canada Employment Centre counsellors.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019903F
Joni Mitchell has come to be a sentimental favorite at Mariposa and she chose this as her first concert after prolonged retirement. Listening to her s(...)
Joni Mitchell has come to be a sentimental favorite at Mariposa and she chose this as her first concert after prolonged retirement. Listening to her s(...)
7/26/1970
Clever Carpentry: David Eadie, 68, designed this oak lawn chair. Disadvantaged or unemployed men make the chairs at the Kleinburg Craft Co-operative.
Clever Carpentry: David Eadie, 68, designed this oak lawn chair. Disadvantaged or unemployed men make the chairs at the Kleinburg Craft Co-operative.
4/4/1991
Lloyd Fraser at his carpentry work, The blind man won a city award for excellent woodwork
Lloyd Fraser at his carpentry work, The blind man won a city award for excellent woodwork
11/15/1972
Last-minute Lindros: Junior star Eric Lindros does some carpentry before his Oshawa Generals had their Memorial Cup opener last night.
Last-minute Lindros: Junior star Eric Lindros does some carpentry before his Oshawa Generals had their Memorial Cup opener last night.
5/4/1990
Married for the first time at 46, Australian novelist Colleen McCullough chose a house painter on the South Pacific island where she lives. 'My husban(...)
Married for the first time at 46, Australian novelist Colleen McCullough chose a house painter on the South Pacific island where she lives. 'My husban(...)
6/19/1985
Conference headliner was Canada's secretary of state, Judy LaMarsh, who stood out in the crowd partly because she was one of the few women who chose not to wear a hat
Conference headliner was Canada's secretary of state, Judy LaMarsh, who stood out in the crowd partly because she was one of the few women who chose not to wear a hat
4/18/1967
She serves - that men may fly
She serves - that men may fly
Between 1939 and 1945
She's 70 years old. . . . She's proud of it. . . . She's Hollywood's newest feminine star. . . . Her name's Dame May Whitty. . . . She's shown above w(...)
She's 70 years old. . . . She's proud of it. . . . She's Hollywood's newest feminine star. . . . Her name's Dame May Whitty. . . . She's shown above w(...)
8/14/1937
The agony: Blue Jay catcher Pat Borders wonders why he ever chose this line of work after getting hit in a tender spot by a foul tip yesterday against Minnesota
The agony: Blue Jay catcher Pat Borders wonders why he ever chose this line of work after getting hit in a tender spot by a foul tip yesterday against Minnesota
9/29/1991
Celebrating success: Maurice Roger, president of Christian Dior International, in Toronto for the launch of the company's new fragrance, says Dior spent three years developing Poison, for which he chose the main ingredients
Celebrating success: Maurice Roger, president of Christian Dior International, in Toronto for the launch of the company's new fragrance, says Dior spent three years developing Poison, for which he chose the main ingredients
9/6/1986
New scholarship: James Booth, 17, of Lennoxville, Que., was accepted by six other prestigious universities, but chose to be the first student in U of T's new scholarship program.
New scholarship: James Booth, 17, of Lennoxville, Que., was accepted by six other prestigious universities, but chose to be the first student in U of T's new scholarship program.
10/27/1986
Letters from a prison camp to Mrs. Foote revealed the identity of Padre X, the man who chose to stay behind when troops were being evacuated after the(...)
Letters from a prison camp to Mrs. Foote revealed the identity of Padre X, the man who chose to stay behind when troops were being evacuated after the(...)
2/12/1946