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Best buy

Best buy

Date11/23/1979
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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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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0090232F
Our best customer but he needs credit : buy victory bonds
Our best customer but he needs credit : buy victory bonds
Approximately 1917
Our choice: The Rival Crock Pot was the best buy among slow cockers, we found
Our choice: The Rival Crock Pot was the best buy among slow cockers, we found
9/5/1981
A Gold Medal won at the Ontario Winter Games has encouraged 14-year-old Nancy Buys of Mississauga to compete against the best skaters in the nation in(...)
A Gold Medal won at the Ontario Winter Games has encouraged 14-year-old Nancy Buys of Mississauga to compete against the best skaters in the nation in(...)
1/6/1975
Power trip: John Cox. managing director of Jaguar Rolls-Royce on Bay, says those who would buy a Bentley are entrepreneurs and professionals who want to buy something that would be an outward sign of their success.
Power trip: John Cox. managing director of Jaguar Rolls-Royce on Bay, says those who would buy a Bentley are entrepreneurs and professionals who want to buy something that would be an outward sign of their success.
9/20/1988
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
1/14/1943
Would you buy oranges from this woman? Of course you would
Would you buy oranges from this woman? Of course you would
12/15/1983
Prisoners in mexican jail have set up a crafts shop to raise money to help buy food and clothing
Prisoners in mexican jail have set up a crafts shop to raise money to help buy food and clothing
12/2/1976
His wife picks a hat for di. Decideing that his old gray fedora was in need for replacement. Mrs. John Diefenbaker set out this morning to buy her hus(...)
His wife picks a hat for di. Decideing that his old gray fedora was in need for replacement. Mrs. John Diefenbaker set out this morning to buy her hus(...)
10/1/1965
Man and woman stand on open grassy land examining large sheet of paper held between them; man p ...
"My Heart Bleeds," says David Beatty for the people who can't afford to buy a house, but you have to take into account "the appearance of the thing."
5/31/1974
Mrs. D. Buys new hat for chief. Mrs. John Diefenbaker went shopping in Toronto today, and is shown looking over the result-a new hat for the Conservat(...)
Mrs. D. Buys new hat for chief. Mrs. John Diefenbaker went shopping in Toronto today, and is shown looking over the result-a new hat for the Conservat(...)
10/1/1965
Our export trade is vital : buy victory bonds
Our export trade is vital : buy victory bonds
Approximately 1918
Re-establish him : it's up to us : buy victory bonds
Re-establish him : it's up to us : buy victory bonds
Approximately 1919