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Take your pick, Anyone wanting a unofficial souvenir of the Pope's September visit to Metro can spend 50 cents to over $400 on the myriad of items, as(...)
Take your pick, Anyone wanting a unofficial souvenir of the Pope's September visit to Metro can spend 50 cents to over $400 on the myriad of items, as(...)

Take your pick, Anyone wanting a unofficial souvenir of the Pope's September visit to Metro can spend 50 cents to over $400 on the myriad of items, as(...)

Date7/13/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Take your pick, Anyone wanting a unofficial souvenir of the Pope's September visit to Metro can spend 50 cents to over $400 on the myriad of items, as shown above, being offered in all types of stores. Most of the official souvenirs haven't even gone on sale yet.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0074197F
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
6/13/1972
Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne
Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne
1/13/1974
Over The Years Canadians have seen the $1 bill, a 25-cent bill and coins worth 25 cents, 1 cent, $1 (the loony) and 50 cents. The 25-cent bill and 1-c(...)
Over The Years Canadians have seen the $1 bill, a 25-cent bill and coins worth 25 cents, 1 cent, $1 (the loony) and 50 cents. The 25-cent bill and 1-c(...)
8/24/1988
'A Catholic George jessel' John Wimbs is already at work on the Pope's visit to Metro - and it's a year off
'A Catholic George jessel' John Wimbs is already at work on the Pope's visit to Metro - and it's a year off
9/16/1983
The woman who won a landmark decision banning prayer from American classrooms, only to see her own son become a preacher, Madalyn O'Hair criticizes Pope's visit to Metro
The woman who won a landmark decision banning prayer from American classrooms, only to see her own son become a preacher, Madalyn O'Hair criticizes Pope's visit to Metro
1/24/1984
50 cents you can see forever -- from the 55th-floor observation gallery of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, tallest building in the Commonwealth
50 cents you can see forever -- from the 55th-floor observation gallery of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, tallest building in the Commonwealth
10/31/1967
Tom Turner uses tent peg mallet as pavel to chair meetings on the Pope's visit here
Tom Turner uses tent peg mallet as pavel to chair meetings on the Pope's visit here
5/18/1984
Angelo Palmas, the papal nuncio, is busy planning Pope's visit
Angelo Palmas, the papal nuncio, is busy planning Pope's visit
6/3/1978
Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
6/9/1982
Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
5/22/1990
Sonja Bata: Her shoe museum collection has about 400 items spanning 4,000 years
Sonja Bata: Her shoe museum collection has about 400 items spanning 4,000 years
5/20/1992
Len Casey, program director of Ontario Place, says costs have escalated 50 per cent since 1971 at the $26-million waterfront entertainment showplace. Admission prices are going up 50 cents this year
Len Casey, program director of Ontario Place, says costs have escalated 50 per cent since 1971 at the $26-million waterfront entertainment showplace. Admission prices are going up 50 cents this year
5/5/1976