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Grocery Stores carry many exotic items not available elsewhere in the city
Grocery Stores carry many exotic items not available elsewhere in the city

Grocery Stores carry many exotic items not available elsewhere in the city

Date5/7/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Grocery Stores carry many exotic items not available elsewhere in the city. Fook Chow is at cash register of a Dundas St. Chinese grocery.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110882F
Knitting away: Clarence Brooks, 86, started knitting after he retired and has made many items for perpetual Bazaar, a Brampton store run by seniors
Knitting away: Clarence Brooks, 86, started knitting after he retired and has made many items for perpetual Bazaar, a Brampton store run by seniors
12/31/1990
Familiar face: Vern Emmerling, manager of the Arcade Loblaws, is a well-known downtown person who keeps his store well stocked with gourmet items and staples for the many offices.
Familiar face: Vern Emmerling, manager of the Arcade Loblaws, is a well-known downtown person who keeps his store well stocked with gourmet items and staples for the many offices.
9/17/1980
Old-fashioned country store in Ballinafad, a village of 200 persons 10 miles north of Georgetown, has so many items for sale there's barely room for M(...)
Old-fashioned country store in Ballinafad, a village of 200 persons 10 miles north of Georgetown, has so many items for sale there's barely room for M(...)
7/8/1971
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
Brian Gray: Owner of a store that presents and sells newly invented items demonstrates the kindling splitter, Invented by Diana Richer of Oshawa.
Brian Gray: Owner of a store that presents and sells newly invented items demonstrates the kindling splitter, Invented by Diana Richer of Oshawa.
12/20/1990
Discoverer: The man who does the searching for Big Find is owner Jim Kobayashi, here sporting some of the offbeat items in his Cumberland Avenue store
Discoverer: The man who does the searching for Big Find is owner Jim Kobayashi, here sporting some of the offbeat items in his Cumberland Avenue store
9/17/1979
Battle position: A shopper kneels on the floor as she searches through toys and small items at the downtown Simpsons store, which is usually closed on a Sunday
Battle position: A shopper kneels on the floor as she searches through toys and small items at the downtown Simpsons store, which is usually closed on a Sunday
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Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
5/22/1990
Affordable news: Creeds fashion eye Pat Grundlegger, left and president Tom Creed have combed Europe looking for hot fashion items for the new Scene store
Affordable news: Creeds fashion eye Pat Grundlegger, left and president Tom Creed have combed Europe looking for hot fashion items for the new Scene store
9/18/1987
Big Bend: Louisville Slugger softball bat is one of many items with Bennett's Bend
Big Bend: Louisville Slugger softball bat is one of many items with Bennett's Bend
5/7/1983
Call for Caviar: Jay Gould displays some of the many items that are delivered from Sinful Pleasures, a Toronto-based catering and gift service
Call for Caviar: Jay Gould displays some of the many items that are delivered from Sinful Pleasures, a Toronto-based catering and gift service
3/13/1989
Minding the store: Richard Davidson, Brewers' Warehousing Co. president, says permitting beer to be sold in grocery stores, as suggested by the provincial Liberals, could lead to lost jobs, as well as a rise in beer prices and increased social and ecologi
Minding the store: Richard Davidson, Brewers' Warehousing Co. president, says permitting beer to be sold in grocery stores, as suggested by the provincial Liberals, could lead to lost jobs, as well as a rise in beer prices and increased social and ecologi
1/10/1984