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Bug expert David Barr with enlarged model of common gardon spider, his favorite kind of insect
Bug expert David Barr with enlarged model of common gardon spider, his favorite kind of insect

Bug expert David Barr with enlarged model of common gardon spider, his favorite kind of insect

Date2/26/1978
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125241F
Bugs About Bugs, Masatoki Hirooka is a visitor to Toronto from Japan known for his hobby of fashioning insects out of paper with his scissors
Bugs About Bugs, Masatoki Hirooka is a visitor to Toronto from Japan known for his hobby of fashioning insects out of paper with his scissors
1/30/1968
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
6/30/1998
Tarantula Spider is examined by David Barr, head of entomology and invertebrate zoology
Tarantula Spider is examined by David Barr, head of entomology and invertebrate zoology
4/14/1978
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
9/21/1978
Aerobatics expert Doug Murray keeps a model flyer in his office
Aerobatics expert Doug Murray keeps a model flyer in his office
6/15/1978
Publicist David Scott-Atkinson, above, who generally practises the sport of being outrageous, claims his jacket is by Hawes and Curtis of Dover Street in London (a favorite of the Ducke of Edinburgh)
Publicist David Scott-Atkinson, above, who generally practises the sport of being outrageous, claims his jacket is by Hawes and Curtis of Dover Street in London (a favorite of the Ducke of Edinburgh)
8/16/1982
The favorite: Jack Morton with his favorite gas-saving device, the Clear-Ex
The favorite: Jack Morton with his favorite gas-saving device, the Clear-Ex
12/27/1979
Gold Bug Ned Goodman says the metal's price is about to start an upward cycle.
Gold Bug Ned Goodman says the metal's price is about to start an upward cycle.
5/10/1989
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
John Barr of The Art Shoppe shows contemporary sectional seating and ottoman with curved lines and pearl velvet upholstery.
John Barr of The Art Shoppe shows contemporary sectional seating and ottoman with curved lines and pearl velvet upholstery.
12/23/1980
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
A winner in the inflation battle is 31-year-old Jim Barr, who became a real estate salesman less than 15 months ago and expects to make $60,000 this year. That's a result of good, hard work plus the runaway prices of property.
A winner in the inflation battle is 31-year-old Jim Barr, who became a real estate salesman less than 15 months ago and expects to make $60,000 this year. That's a result of good, hard work plus the runaway prices of property.
12/29/1974