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Watchmaking runs in the family, Eighteen-year-old Ruth Grant of Pembroke, the first girl enrolled in watchmaking at George Brown College, is following(...)
Watchmaking runs in the family, Eighteen-year-old Ruth Grant of Pembroke, the first girl enrolled in watchmaking at George Brown College, is following(...)

Watchmaking runs in the family, Eighteen-year-old Ruth Grant of Pembroke, the first girl enrolled in watchmaking at George Brown College, is following(...)

Date3/15/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Watchmaking runs in the family; Eighteen-year-old Ruth Grant of Pembroke; the first girl enrolled in watchmaking at George Brown College; is following in the footsteps of her grandfather and her father; both of whom were watchmakers.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111596F
Practical Skills: George Brown College students learn skills such as sheet metal working (above), baking (for the college's 20th anniversary in 1988) and denture therapy
Practical Skills: George Brown College students learn skills such as sheet metal working (above), baking (for the college's 20th anniversary in 1988) and denture therapy
4/22/1987
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Colleges - George Brown College
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Colleges - George Brown College
4/7/1993
Teraulay campus of George Brown college, Modern community college is housed in converted warehouse
Teraulay campus of George Brown college, Modern community college is housed in converted warehouse
11/22/1973
Backing a big truck into a narrow aisle, John Fougere, who's enrolled in the driver-training course takes four weeks and involves much practical Techn(...)
Backing a big truck into a narrow aisle, John Fougere, who's enrolled in the driver-training course takes four weeks and involves much practical Techn(...)
4/10/1973
Rita, Frank Osawabine cut suede at George Brown College, The Ojibwa from Manitoulin Island are learning how to work with hides and fur
Rita, Frank Osawabine cut suede at George Brown College, The Ojibwa from Manitoulin Island are learning how to work with hides and fur
3/22/1974
In-town courses in metal arts and ceramics are being offered at George Brown College's Casa Loma Campus, where Jimmy Louie works on a pot. Other cours(...)
In-town courses in metal arts and ceramics are being offered at George Brown College's Casa Loma Campus, where Jimmy Louie works on a pot. Other cours(...)
5/31/1977
University grad Debbie Sadler went to George Brown College in Toronto to learn how to make artificial limbs
University grad Debbie Sadler went to George Brown College in Toronto to learn how to make artificial limbs
12/16/1977
One of these five uniforms will be chosen on Monday as the official one for the nursing division of George Brown College. Modelling uniforms are nursi(...)
One of these five uniforms will be chosen on Monday as the official one for the nursing division of George Brown College. Modelling uniforms are nursi(...)
3/26/1974
Harness horses: Mark Kelly and Liz Picard are first-year students in Seneca College's harness horse industry operations program at King Campus
Harness horses: Mark Kelly and Liz Picard are first-year students in Seneca College's harness horse industry operations program at King Campus
1/21/1986
Lunches for the legions: More than 100 members of the George Brown School of Hospitality prepare 6,200 box lunches for guests at tonight's SkyDome opening
Lunches for the legions: More than 100 members of the George Brown School of Hospitality prepare 6,200 box lunches for guests at tonight's SkyDome opening
6/2/1989
In students' dinning-room at George Brown, Peter Bottcher, baking instructor, and Patricia Lyon, technician, are served the complete turkey dinner. Fo(...)
In students' dinning-room at George Brown, Peter Bottcher, baking instructor, and Patricia Lyon, technician, are served the complete turkey dinner. Fo(...)
10/2/1972
The Rochdale building should be cleaned up, fumigated and turned into a strictly run youth hostel for shortterm stays, suggests Liberal MPP George Ben(...)
The Rochdale building should be cleaned up, fumigated and turned into a strictly run youth hostel for shortterm stays, suggests Liberal MPP George Ben(...)
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