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Best buy

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Best buy

Date11/23/1979

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wylie, Betty Jane, 1931- (subject)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Best buy: Potatoes at 7 cents a pound were among specials leapt upon by Betty Jane Wylie, shopping on a pensioner's budget in south Riverdale area. In same store - Vine Hill Farms, 924 Queen St. E. - She got a cabbage for 39 cents. Sticking to simple dishes and recycling all left-overs, she ate nutritiously on about $22 a week.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0090232F

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