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I want my surroundings to express my personality, says insurance salesman Reuben Schafer
I want my surroundings to express my personality, says insurance salesman Reuben Schafer

I want my surroundings to express my personality, says insurance salesman Reuben Schafer

Date3/12/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: I want my surroundings to express my personality, says insurance salesman Reuben Schafer. He dresses in open-necked shirts and says his well-dressed clients envy my free-and-eary style.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078868F
Reuben Schafer. Toronto's super-salesman
Reuben Schafer. Toronto's super-salesman
2/1/1967
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
5/12/1977
For 15 years Reuben Schafer has led the world-wide sales force of the Occidental Life Insurance Company, and won a special plaque each time
For 15 years Reuben Schafer has led the world-wide sales force of the Occidental Life Insurance Company, and won a special plaque each time
3/12/1973
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Morley's Hotel; Trafalgar Square; London, W.C.; "Dear Mrs. Blasson; I want to express to you my heartfelt sympathy with you in your grief over the loss of your son..."
approximately 1900
Alex Bleakley relaxes with the old and new in his apartment in renovated downtown house. The interior designer says classic designs of any era can be mixed if surroundings are muted in color. In background is antique mantle clock contrasting with modern design of fabric-covered canvas.
Alex Bleakley relaxes with the old and new in his apartment in renovated downtown house. The interior designer says classic designs of any era can be mixed if surroundings are muted in color. In background is antique mantle clock contrasting with modern design of fabric-covered canvas.
8/20/1971
Here are three of the historic inns in Britain that offer rooms and meals to travellers who want to pamper themselves in historic surroundings. [Incomplete]
Here are three of the historic inns in Britain that offer rooms and meals to travellers who want to pamper themselves in historic surroundings. [Incomplete]
4/25/1983
No vacation: Ramsay Kane, program co-ordinator of House, and assistant director Bonny Jones say despite the surroundings, the intensive therapy will be not be easy
No vacation: Ramsay Kane, program co-ordinator of House, and assistant director Bonny Jones say despite the surroundings, the intensive therapy will be not be easy
3/31/1983
Yes! says Ruben Schafer, a Metro insurance agent
Yes! says Ruben Schafer, a Metro insurance agent
3/10/1978
Desperate man: I'm angry that I can't celebrate my life things I want to do, says Jonathan Bennetts, 51, who is debilitated by the Epstein-Barr virus. Symptoms range from fatigue to mental confusion.
Desperate man: I'm angry that I can't celebrate my life things I want to do, says Jonathan Bennetts, 51, who is debilitated by the Epstein-Barr virus. Symptoms range from fatigue to mental confusion.
1/24/1989
I just want to amuse my friends, says top hostess Catherine Leggett.
I just want to amuse my friends, says top hostess Catherine Leggett.
5/7/1981
Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Fowlie and daughter Rachael. I want to have a life of my own alongside his, she says
Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Fowlie and daughter Rachael. I want to have a life of my own alongside his, she says
1/4/1964
Comfortable surroundings, Jazz clarinetist Phil Nimmons, standing in the cozy family room that is a favorite gathering spot for his children and grand(...)
Comfortable surroundings, Jazz clarinetist Phil Nimmons, standing in the cozy family room that is a favorite gathering spot for his children and grand(...)
10/16/1987