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There are 250 transportation artifacts, ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes, on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86
There are 250 transportation artifacts, ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes, on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86

There are 250 transportation artifacts, ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes, on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86

Date4/13/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: There are 250 transportation artifacts; ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes; on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105156F
Collectors' shop: Larry Becker, owner of Larry Becker's Collectibles Warehouse on Limestone Crescent in North York, shows some of his railroad memorabilia. His inventory includes military and transportation-related artifacts, post cards, coins, newspapers, sheet music and magazines.
Collectors' shop: Larry Becker, owner of Larry Becker's Collectibles Warehouse on Limestone Crescent in North York, shows some of his railroad memorabilia. His inventory includes military and transportation-related artifacts, post cards, coins, newspapers, sheet music and magazines.
10/14/1986
Nostalgic run: It's too early to tell if there's going to be a run on artifacts from the Canadian, seen above leaving Union Station for its last voyage
Nostalgic run: It's too early to tell if there's going to be a run on artifacts from the Canadian, seen above leaving Union Station for its last voyage
1/14/1990
Tea time. Library clerk Rosa Danesh examines a Nova Scotia cup and Saucer, one of the artifacts from the Maritimes on display at Woodside Square libra(...)
Tea time. Library clerk Rosa Danesh examines a Nova Scotia cup and Saucer, one of the artifacts from the Maritimes on display at Woodside Square libra(...)
2/7/1990
Relics of the old country . . . the D'Souza family with some of the artifacts they brought from Uganda
Relics of the old country . . . the D'Souza family with some of the artifacts they brought from Uganda
1/11/1979
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
6/29/1971
After visiting the Ex every year since 1913, CNE fan Elizabeth Perkins, 86, tried a candy floss for the first time this year and didn't like it. She s(...)
After visiting the Ex every year since 1913, CNE fan Elizabeth Perkins, 86, tried a candy floss for the first time this year and didn't like it. She s(...)
8/29/1976
Still a thrill, The Ex means the midway and its 86 stomach-churning rides to most young visitors - and these young women are no exception
Still a thrill, The Ex means the midway and its 86 stomach-churning rides to most young visitors - and these young women are no exception
8/21/1979
Visitors to the Canada pavilion might be taken aback by a 62-metre hockey stick and metre-thick puck
Visitors to the Canada pavilion might be taken aback by a 62-metre hockey stick and metre-thick puck
4/10/1986
Mock-up Concorde SST fits in well with the fair's overall transportation theme
Mock-up Concorde SST fits in well with the fair's overall transportation theme
8/13/1984
Both his cars were on the road, so Barry Goodhead uses a tricycle to show zip he aims to put into his delivery service
Both his cars were on the road, so Barry Goodhead uses a tricycle to show zip he aims to put into his delivery service
6/29/1970
Mrs. Dennison, called Dodo by her husband, admires his picture in the home she's decorated with a collection of 19th-century artifacts
Mrs. Dennison, called Dodo by her husband, admires his picture in the home she's decorated with a collection of 19th-century artifacts
5/24/1971
Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
4/25/1987