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Doug Bennett: Part rural hayseed, part urban wiseguy, he has something for everyone
Doug Bennett: Part rural hayseed, part urban wiseguy, he has something for everyone

Doug Bennett: Part rural hayseed, part urban wiseguy, he has something for everyone

Date8/11/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Doug Bennett: Part rural hayseed; part urban wiseguy; he has something for everyone.
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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_0101928F
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9/10/1991
Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
12/18/1996
Two Faces Of Africa, a slice of urban and rural ways of life emerging on the dark continent, intends to take some of the chill out of Toronto's winter(...)
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1/13/1978
Two Faces Of Africa, a slice of urban and rural ways of life emerging on the dark continent, intends to take some of the chill out of Toronto's winter(...)
Two Faces Of Africa, a slice of urban and rural ways of life emerging on the dark continent, intends to take some of the chill out of Toronto's winter(...)
1/13/1978
Mr. Sub: Like everyone else, Earl Lizon did something different on Yorkville Avenue during the counter-culture '60s. The submarine sandwich shop he opened turned into a multi-million dollar nation-wide business.
Mr. Sub: Like everyone else, Earl Lizon did something different on Yorkville Avenue during the counter-culture '60s. The submarine sandwich shop he opened turned into a multi-million dollar nation-wide business.
4/24/1990
Getting the message, a buzz through earphones he is wearing that tell him something is amiss with the way he is holding part of his body, 9-year-old G(...)
Getting the message, a buzz through earphones he is wearing that tell him something is amiss with the way he is holding part of his body, 9-year-old G(...)
1/27/1972
Rural skills: Jim Hicks instructs Ingrid Engler in the art of milking, as farming is an important part of most of the Third World situations that will be encountered by the trainees
Rural skills: Jim Hicks instructs Ingrid Engler in the art of milking, as farming is an important part of most of the Third World situations that will be encountered by the trainees
11/20/1980
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
1/30/1980
Ronee Blakley says not to confuse her with Barbara Jean, the neurotic country-music queen she played in the movie Nashville. She's neither ethereal nor hysterical - and she's not hayseed
Ronee Blakley says not to confuse her with Barbara Jean, the neurotic country-music queen she played in the movie Nashville. She's neither ethereal nor hysterical - and she's not hayseed
9/28/1976
Bennett back in full swing. Singer Tony Bennett, 59, played two shows at Ontario Place Forum yesterday, part of his tour to promise his new album, The(...)
Bennett back in full swing. Singer Tony Bennett, 59, played two shows at Ontario Place Forum yesterday, part of his tour to promise his new album, The(...)
7/26/1986
The rural life of Jamaica is something many visitors never get to see
The rural life of Jamaica is something many visitors never get to see
2/24/1972
Gordon Rayner of Chinguacousy mounts a landscape, one of several paintings he has done of rural areas in Peel County
Gordon Rayner of Chinguacousy mounts a landscape, one of several paintings he has done of rural areas in Peel County
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