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A picture of self-reliance: Sidney Ellis at 95, He cooks and bakes for himself - and shovels snow, too
A picture of self-reliance: Sidney Ellis at 95, He cooks and bakes for himself - and shovels snow, too

A picture of self-reliance: Sidney Ellis at 95, He cooks and bakes for himself - and shovels snow, too

Date3/20/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: A picture of self-reliance: Sidney Ellis at 95; He cooks and bakes for himself - and shovels snow; too
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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_0024535F
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Ted Lalonde (right) and Jimmy Bryson display shovels they used to stop a thief
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1864
Together forever: Baycrest residents Jack Ashwrow, 94, and his wife Ida, 95, display their wedding photographs, taken in 1922 in Toronto
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Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
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He can't shovel, one inch of snow, but Peter Limb of Fairford Ave
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Image shows backs of houses.
Looking s.e. from Sidney W. Band's house, 95 Woodlawn Ave. W., s. side, e. of turn towards Farnham Ave.; showing backs of houses on Walker Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
1910