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Hoky is the name of this carpet sweeper that Major-General Chris Vokes, one of Canada's most colorful soldiers, is distributing in Oakville. The gener(...)
Hoky is the name of this carpet sweeper that Major-General Chris Vokes, one of Canada's most colorful soldiers, is distributing in Oakville. The gener(...)

Hoky is the name of this carpet sweeper that Major-General Chris Vokes, one of Canada's most colorful soldiers, is distributing in Oakville. The gener(...)

Date7/14/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hoky is the name of this carpet sweeper that Major-General Chris Vokes, one of Canada's most colorful soldiers, is distributing in Oakville. The general says that the little Japanese-made sweeper, which sells for less than $20, is just a hobby and probably won't end up making him a millionaire.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0087731F
Headed by Maj.-Gen. Chris Vokes, seen relaxing with his three dogs, Joe a cocker spaniel, Gus, a dachshund, and Grock, German pointer, Central Militar(...)
Headed by Maj.-Gen. Chris Vokes, seen relaxing with his three dogs, Joe a cocker spaniel, Gus, a dachshund, and Grock, German pointer, Central Militar(...)
11/2/1946
Veteran: Maj.-Gen. Christopher Vokes, once Canada's youngest general, was first to buy one of 300,000 museum plaques
Veteran: Maj.-Gen. Christopher Vokes, once Canada's youngest general, was first to buy one of 300,000 museum plaques
6/4/1981
Used by the C.W.A.C. during the war, the main building at the Oakville headquarters formerly was an I.O.F. home. Gen. Vokes, who led the Canadians at Ortona, was G.O.C. of the C.A.O.F. in Geremany
Used by the C.W.A.C. during the war, the main building at the Oakville headquarters formerly was an I.O.F. home. Gen. Vokes, who led the Canadians at Ortona, was G.O.C. of the C.A.O.F. in Geremany
11/2/1946
Jack Hammell, one of Canada's most colorful mining men, has spent what Frederick Griffin calls ''a fortune'' on his lake shore estate at Oakville, Ont(...)
Jack Hammell, one of Canada's most colorful mining men, has spent what Frederick Griffin calls ''a fortune'' on his lake shore estate at Oakville, Ont(...)
12/17/1938
A swinging good time. Oakville's Chris Pridham, Canada's topranked male tennis player, practises his backhand at the National Tennis Centre. Pridham q(...)
A swinging good time. Oakville's Chris Pridham, Canada's topranked male tennis player, practises his backhand at the National Tennis Centre. Pridham q(...)
5/17/1988
Number 1, Canada's top ranked male tennis player, Chris Pridham, of Oakville, hopes to win his first singles title at next week's national tennis championships
Number 1, Canada's top ranked male tennis player, Chris Pridham, of Oakville, hopes to win his first singles title at next week's national tennis championships
5/4/1988
Colorful toy soldiers, made by the mentally retarded in Oshawa, will be dispatched to strategic positions under Christmas trees all over the country within next few weeks
Colorful toy soldiers, made by the mentally retarded in Oshawa, will be dispatched to strategic positions under Christmas trees all over the country within next few weeks
11/24/1983
Canada and the Crimea, or, Sketches of a soldier's life, from the journals and correspondence of the late Major Ranken
Canada and the Crimea, or, Sketches of a soldier's life, from the journals and correspondence of the late Major Ranken
1863
Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
15 March 1992
Home of W.D. Gregory, Oakville, house in which Wm Lyon MacKenzie, hid when he was being hunted by government soldiers
Home of W.D. Gregory, Oakville, house in which Wm Lyon MacKenzie, hid when he was being hunted by government soldiers
8/28/1920
Strong backhand, Chris Pridham, one of Canada's promising tennis stars, puts a lot into his backhand stroke in a match at last month's Sun Life Nationals at the Ontario Racquet Club
Strong backhand, Chris Pridham, one of Canada's promising tennis stars, puts a lot into his backhand stroke in a match at last month's Sun Life Nationals at the Ontario Racquet Club
7/9/1987
Belleau Wood where American troops in the last war made an historic attack, is visited by soldiers of this war who look for the names of relatives and friends in the cemetery
Belleau Wood where American troops in the last war made an historic attack, is visited by soldiers of this war who look for the names of relatives and friends in the cemetery
9/1/1944