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Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)
Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)

Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)

Date3/16/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store. It was on the site of the present store on Bloor St. and the rent was $55 a month. As it happened, it worked out. We were selling ladies' sportswear and we called it the Sport Bar. I would run to Spadina to pick up the stuff and we'd sell it. I'm glad it worked out or my wife would have been nagging me for the last 47 years.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068813F
Honest-to-goodness kiss: Lorraine Randell gets an appreciative buss from Ed Mirvish of Honest Ed's department store, where she's worked for 37 years
Honest-to-goodness kiss: Lorraine Randell gets an appreciative buss from Ed Mirvish of Honest Ed's department store, where she's worked for 37 years
12/5/1986
Ed Mirvish may be the namesake of Honest Ed's store, but someone else -with a really funny, nasal voice -- is passing himself off as Ed in the store's(...)
Ed Mirvish may be the namesake of Honest Ed's store, but someone else -with a really funny, nasal voice -- is passing himself off as Ed in the store's(...)
11/6/1980
Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, (...)
Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, (...)
7/24/1990
Honest Ed 'McMirvish' is the real thing? Restaurateur Ed Mirvish is never one to pass up a celebration, particularly when it lets him don a kilt, as R(...)
Honest Ed 'McMirvish' is the real thing? Restaurateur Ed Mirvish is never one to pass up a celebration, particularly when it lets him don a kilt, as R(...)
1/24/1986
Jane Froman. I couldn't speak a line on the stage until three years ago-but I have never had the slightest trouble with my singing
Jane Froman. I couldn't speak a line on the stage until three years ago-but I have never had the slightest trouble with my singing
11/19/1941
Life saver salesman: Fred Kasravi came to Canada 17 years ago, after exhausting his considerable wealth, to save his wife's life
Life saver salesman: Fred Kasravi came to Canada 17 years ago, after exhausting his considerable wealth, to save his wife's life
11/19/1982
It's good for you - honest. Honest Ed Mirvish feeds milk from a baby bottle to a month-old female snow leopard at the Metro zoo yesterday. Toronto Pre(...)
It's good for you - honest. Honest Ed Mirvish feeds milk from a baby bottle to a month-old female snow leopard at the Metro zoo yesterday. Toronto Pre(...)
7/23/1993
At honest mistake: Peter Zezel and Wendel Clark joined the rest of the Maple Leafs for a cultured evening at the theatre last night and were obviously at home hamming it up with Honest Ed Mirvish
At honest mistake: Peter Zezel and Wendel Clark joined the rest of the Maple Leafs for a cultured evening at the theatre last night and were obviously at home hamming it up with Honest Ed Mirvish
1/20/1992
Keeping him honest. Wellwishers Tracy, left, and Maria offer Ed Mirvish a big kiss to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mirvish threw a huge party yesterda(...)
Keeping him honest. Wellwishers Tracy, left, and Maria offer Ed Mirvish a big kiss to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mirvish threw a huge party yesterda(...)
7/24/1991
'Honest Ed' Mirvish in his own corner of Toronto - Mirvish Village on Markham St
'Honest Ed' Mirvish in his own corner of Toronto - Mirvish Village on Markham St
11/9/1978
Honest, Ed, she wanted to hear you speak, Ed Mirvish, left, found an unexpected picketer demonstrating outside the Arts and Letters Club where he was the guest speaker today
Honest, Ed, she wanted to hear you speak, Ed Mirvish, left, found an unexpected picketer demonstrating outside the Arts and Letters Club where he was the guest speaker today
2/24/1975
Here's to ya, Ed. Champagne and cake - what better way to an honest man's heart? With glasses raised, employees gathered round to wish Ed Mirvish luck(...)
Here's to ya, Ed. Champagne and cake - what better way to an honest man's heart? With glasses raised, employees gathered round to wish Ed Mirvish luck(...)
10/21/1983