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Claming allegiance to the village of Utopia, even though the service station and variety store they operate is located across the highway from it, Ral(...)
Claming allegiance to the village of Utopia, even though the service station and variety store they operate is located across the highway from it, Ral(...)

Claming allegiance to the village of Utopia, even though the service station and variety store they operate is located across the highway from it, Ral(...)

Date12/30/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Claming allegiance to the village of Utopia, even though the service station and variety store they operate is located across the highway from it, Ralph D'Alonzo, 28, and his wife, Christine, 25, wave to a customer as they hold daughter, 2-year-old Antonette. We just like to be considered Utopian, Ralph says.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108460F
One happy man: Harry Chubby Ferriman, 75, still operates a service station at Avenue Rd. and Chaplin Cres. Ferriman has been in the business since 1928 and got his first job as a service station attendant with Imperial Oil at the age of 17. Time is the es
One happy man: Harry Chubby Ferriman, 75, still operates a service station at Avenue Rd. and Chaplin Cres. Ferriman has been in the business since 1928 and got his first job as a service station attendant with Imperial Oil at the age of 17. Time is the es
12/22/1986
Yardstick of customer faith is measured by the foot, Harry and Lola Roth, who operate Lola's Shoe House, one of Metro's few ramining Independent shoe stores, have a longtime faithful cilentele and many mail-order customers across the country
Yardstick of customer faith is measured by the foot, Harry and Lola Roth, who operate Lola's Shoe House, one of Metro's few ramining Independent shoe stores, have a longtime faithful cilentele and many mail-order customers across the country
10/30/1992
Pat, Left, and Sandra Morgan check Oil and Radiator, They operate their late father's service station on Gerrard St
Pat, Left, and Sandra Morgan check Oil and Radiator, They operate their late father's service station on Gerrard St
12/3/1973
Betty Madsen, 65, left, and her daughter Annelis, 24, work in the studio at their home, Cherry Hill Farm, located on Highway 7 in Unionville. The stud(...)
Betty Madsen, 65, left, and her daughter Annelis, 24, work in the studio at their home, Cherry Hill Farm, located on Highway 7 in Unionville. The stud(...)
7/25/1974
Abduction scene: Pat Mancini's kidnapping began at the Dallas, a nightspot he owns in North Bay, located at the junction of Highways 11 and 17
Abduction scene: Pat Mancini's kidnapping began at the Dallas, a nightspot he owns in North Bay, located at the junction of Highways 11 and 17
3/2/1983
Fistful of dollies: Even though David Field is confined to a wheel chair, he is an accomplished dollmaker, creating reproduction Canadian dolls ranging from early explorers Etienne Brule and John Cabot to modern day politicians like Pierre Trudeau and Bri
Fistful of dollies: Even though David Field is confined to a wheel chair, he is an accomplished dollmaker, creating reproduction Canadian dolls ranging from early explorers Etienne Brule and John Cabot to modern day politicians like Pierre Trudeau and Bri
8/5/1987
Yesterday's news: Even though tonnes of newspapers are picked up for recycling daily, Toronto publishers say they will still need newsprint that is made from trees
Yesterday's news: Even though tonnes of newspapers are picked up for recycling daily, Toronto publishers say they will still need newsprint that is made from trees
10/26/1990
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
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Service plus: Right, customers who brave Lou Myles' locked store entrance get top personal service, even a limousine ride.
Service plus: Right, customers who brave Lou Myles' locked store entrance get top personal service, even a limousine ride.
7/7/1988
His entire class Watches as teacher Vincent Simeonidez, 33, takes his oath of allegiance to Canada in Citizenship Court from Judge K. L. MacKenzie. Si(...)
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12/21/1970
In foreground is swimming pool area which will be located under main mast in far distance is olympic village
In foreground is swimming pool area which will be located under main mast in far distance is olympic village
8/6/1975
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
2/14/1983