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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/24/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Keeping him honest. Wellwishers Tracy, left, and Maria offer Ed Mirvish a big kiss to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mirvish threw a huge party yesterday at his store and in Mirvish Village at Bloor and Markham Sts. An estimated 20,000 people showed up for free food, free watches and a stage show featuring Canadian celebrities.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0068795F
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
Celebrating birthday: David Kinnear, chairman of T. Eaton Co. Ltd., chats with Honest Ed Mirvish during Eaton's 100th birthday party
Celebrating birthday: David Kinnear, chairman of T. Eaton Co. Ltd., chats with Honest Ed Mirvish during Eaton's 100th birthday party
12/8/1969
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
'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 '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
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
1/24/1969
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
Surrounded by wellwishers, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau carries pen in mouth so he can shake hands with guests who paid $50 each to dine with him at Royal York Hotel last night
Surrounded by wellwishers, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau carries pen in mouth so he can shake hands with guests who paid $50 each to dine with him at Royal York Hotel last night
3/1/1972
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
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
Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)
Greeting Wellwishers with a warm handshake, John Diefenbaker emerges from his Royal York Hotel suite after allowing his name to be entered as a candid(...)
9/8/1967