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All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

Date6/20/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1;000 for her painting at annual outdoor art exhibition in in Nathan Phillips Square over the weeknd. Not to be outdone; of course; Chinkok came away with $250.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103935F
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Chinkok Tan turned down a well-paid career in advertising to devote all his time to painting
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Chinkok Tan turned down a well-paid career in advertising to devote all his time to painting
6/29/1972
Award-winning artist Agnes Ivan finds widespread apathy to abstract art
Award-winning artist Agnes Ivan finds widespread apathy to abstract art
6/30/1972
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1/18/1983
He's just 15, but that's no reason why he shouldn't hold his own art show
He's just 15, but that's no reason why he shouldn't hold his own art show
1/13/1972
That's often where they keep their brains-in wives' heads
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11/16/1965
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
4/21/1972
Prize-winning painting
Prize-winning painting
7/1/1987
Prize-winning piece: Eric Baker, 23, displayed his plywood sculpture at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition at Nathan Phillips Square July 13 to 15 and took home the best sculpture award
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7/24/1984
Mrs. Robert Nixon, most active of all the wives in politics, has twice been campaign manager for her husband
Mrs. Robert Nixon, most active of all the wives in politics, has twice been campaign manager for her husband
6/27/1964
Mixed reactions. This is garbage, Weird, Absolutly dreadful, and That's lovely have been some of the responses to Greg Curnoe's massive touring art ex(...)
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3/18/1982
David Craven's career is at a crossroad, not with his painting that's in hand, but in terms of where to show and when, says The Star's Gary Michael Dault
David Craven's career is at a crossroad, not with his painting that's in hand, but in terms of where to show and when, says The Star's Gary Michael Dault
12/31/1974
Ken Danby Artist. I've always felt more comfortable doing my own thing. And I've recognized that that's been against the status quo or the establishme(...)
Ken Danby Artist. I've always felt more comfortable doing my own thing. And I've recognized that that's been against the status quo or the establishme(...)
10/20/1989