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More than 10,000 items are included in the virtually unknown Ontario Agricultural Museum opened in 1975 on 92 acres near Milton. Because of provincial(...)
More than 10,000 items are included in the virtually unknown Ontario Agricultural Museum opened in 1975 on 92 acres near Milton. Because of provincial(...)

More than 10,000 items are included in the virtually unknown Ontario Agricultural Museum opened in 1975 on 92 acres near Milton. Because of provincial(...)

Date4/5/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: More than 10;000 items are included in the virtually unknown Ontario Agricultural Museum opened in 1975 on 92 acres near Milton. Because of provincial budget restraints; it still won't be open to visitors on weekends. Displays range from antique steam tractors to pioneer farm utensils. Bob Carbert; museum general manager; stands beside the Adam Beck Circus Truck; used by the Ontario Hydro pioneer personally to demonstrate the benefits of power of farmers. Truck was built in 1916.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106697F
Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
2/18/1977
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
8/19/1991
Sonja Bata: Her shoe museum collection has about 400 items spanning 4,000 years
Sonja Bata: Her shoe museum collection has about 400 items spanning 4,000 years
5/20/1992
Protecting the crops, Harriet the hawk certainly earns her keep at Andrews Scenic Acres berry farm in Milton
Protecting the crops, Harriet the hawk certainly earns her keep at Andrews Scenic Acres berry farm in Milton
8/9/1988
Tax free: Kelly and Steve Mason show off some of the anti-tax items they're selling in their recently opened shop on Queen St. East.
Tax free: Kelly and Steve Mason show off some of the anti-tax items they're selling in their recently opened shop on Queen St. East.
7/4/1991
Kipling Acres home for the Aged resident Mary Metclafe, 87, is smiling because a shylooking Marianna Kirezov, 3, is about to hand over a special valen(...)
Kipling Acres home for the Aged resident Mary Metclafe, 87, is smiling because a shylooking Marianna Kirezov, 3, is about to hand over a special valen(...)
2/3/1987
Students are high on fitness. The first fitness trail in Scarborough opened yesterday, on 25 acres at L'Amoureaux Collegiate Institute on Bridletowne (...)
Students are high on fitness. The first fitness trail in Scarborough opened yesterday, on 25 acres at L'Amoureaux Collegiate Institute on Bridletowne (...)
10/16/1975
Best friends: Owner Philip Gordon and friends Virtually and Unknown
Best friends: Owner Philip Gordon and friends Virtually and Unknown
11/28/1984
Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
Former Metro couples, most of them retired, enjoy the leisurely lifestyle, with city amenities, provided at Sandy cove Acres, a community of mobile homes near Barrie
5/28/1974
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
5/30/1974
Burned tree trunks, some still standing, some on the ground. Smoke hangs in the air. In the mid ...
A forest fire that burned over 1,200 acres near Manitouwadge stopped at the edge of town, 275 miles northwest of Sault Ste. Marie
10 August 1975
Fred Fawcett, whose farm near Flesherton was sold for taxes for $451 while he was in a mental hospital, is confident he'll get to keep the 100 acres. (...)
Fred Fawcett, whose farm near Flesherton was sold for taxes for $451 while he was in a mental hospital, is confident he'll get to keep the 100 acres. (...)
7/23/1969