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Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the P(...)
Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the P(...)

Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the P(...)

Date9/20/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the Plumber - a chubby and cheery TV commercial character who barged into households all over North America.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089867F
Road girl on stage: Back in the 1940s and '50s, Dorothy Lamour was the sarong-clad seductress in the Road pictures (inset) now she's in town to perform in Barefoot in The Park
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Favorites of the 1940s and 50s, actress-dancer Cyd Charisse and husband Tony Martin take over Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room tomorrow. They have bee(...)
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12/4/1973
During the '50s and early '60s, Howard Cable (left) was Canada's highest-paid musician
During the '50s and early '60s, Howard Cable (left) was Canada's highest-paid musician
9/12/1974
Ele and Linda Coyle look through golden the records from the '50s and '60s -- they're in the business of hunting, collecting, trading. Doo-wop will be next big seller, the [Incomplete]
Ele and Linda Coyle look through golden the records from the '50s and '60s -- they're in the business of hunting, collecting, trading. Doo-wop will be next big seller, the [Incomplete]
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Rockin' with Robbie: Robbie Lane is co-host of a new '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll room called The Pink Cadillac, which has just opened at the Ascot Inn in Etobicoke
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Skating sweetheart of Canada in 1940s, Barbara Ann Scott King watches current stars at Granite Club after attending skating bursary fund dinner last night
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Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
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Their tunes may remind you of the early '60s but The B Girls (Cynthia, seated, Marcy, left, Xenia and Renee) are right up to the minute when it comes (...)
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Male tellers, common in early '50s, are reappearing in banks like the Commerce (far left), there are even some male secretaries like Bruce Evoy (left), assistant to a woman at the CTV network
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2/7/1979
The male secretary, Male tellers common in early '50s, are reappearing in banks like the Commerce (far left), there are even some male secretaries like Bruce Evoy (left), assistant to a women at the CTV network.
The male secretary, Male tellers common in early '50s, are reappearing in banks like the Commerce (far left), there are even some male secretaries like Bruce Evoy (left), assistant to a women at the CTV network.
2/22/1979
Nostalgia at Forum. The Association, a popular group in '60s, is on the road again with its original members. Last night, lead guitar Larry Ramos (lef(...)
Nostalgia at Forum. The Association, a popular group in '60s, is on the road again with its original members. Last night, lead guitar Larry Ramos (lef(...)
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