Retirement hobby: Sixty-eight-year-old retired mechanical engineer Albert Allen can spend up to 250 hours completing his finely detailed wooden clock cabinets

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Retirement hobby: Sixty-eight-year-old retired mechanical engineer Albert Allen can spend up to 250 hours completing his finely detailed wooden clock cabinets

Date7/26/1988

Names

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

FormatPicture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Retirement hobby: Sixty-eight-year-old retired mechanical engineer Albert Allen can spend up to 250 hours completing his finely detailed wooden clock cabinets.

Subject

Longevity

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Object NumberTSPA_0024486F

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