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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/23/1993
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 Press Club members adopted the leopard in Mirvish's name to mark his 79th birthday today.
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Lappin' leopard. Attendant Sam Heaney feeds a 13-day-old baby leopard born at Riverdale zoo. The cub is the only survivor of three. And, boy, is he a hungry one
Lappin' leopard. Attendant Sam Heaney feeds a 13-day-old baby leopard born at Riverdale zoo. The cub is the only survivor of three. And, boy, is he a hungry one
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Baby Bengal pulling through. Metro zoo keeper Diane Duncan feeds a 9-day-old Bengal tiger that is slowly regaining its health after being near death. (...)
Baby Bengal pulling through. Metro zoo keeper Diane Duncan feeds a 9-day-old Bengal tiger that is slowly regaining its health after being near death. (...)
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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-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, 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
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Man with a king-size kitten. Zoo attendant Sam Heaney steals a sip from bottle of milk before giving the remainder to Cindy, a black spotted leopard b(...)
Man with a king-size kitten. Zoo attendant Sam Heaney steals a sip from bottle of milk before giving the remainder to Cindy, a black spotted leopard b(...)
4/22/1970
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
'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
Feeding the farm babies. Anthony Batri, of Puck's Farm in schomberg, holds Sarah Lee, a four-week-old calf, whild Nareen Saeed, 7, feeds her a bottle (...)
Feeding the farm babies. Anthony Batri, of Puck's Farm in schomberg, holds Sarah Lee, a four-week-old calf, whild Nareen Saeed, 7, feeds her a bottle (...)
3/19/1987
Candidate Paul Cosgrove feeds 7-month-old Matthew Gilmore a diet of milk and politics
Candidate Paul Cosgrove feeds 7-month-old Matthew Gilmore a diet of milk and politics
5/19/1979
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
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(...)
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