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Artistic touch: People are tired of the hospital corridor look, says Wilf Balmer of Balmer Architectural Art, holding a ceiling centrepiece.
Artistic touch: People are tired of the hospital corridor look, says Wilf Balmer of Balmer Architectural Art, holding a ceiling centrepiece.

Artistic touch: People are tired of the hospital corridor look, says Wilf Balmer of Balmer Architectural Art, holding a ceiling centrepiece.

Date8/1/1985
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125210F
A green-eyed blonde, 16-year-old Carol Ann Balmer of Scarboro's Thomson Collegiate, was selected as The Star's Sweetheart of Metro High last night. St(...)
A green-eyed blonde, 16-year-old Carol Ann Balmer of Scarboro's Thomson Collegiate, was selected as The Star's Sweetheart of Metro High last night. St(...)
12/14/1980
Miss Canada of 1964, She's Scarboro's Carol Ann Balmer, 18 and blonde
Miss Canada of 1964, She's Scarboro's Carol Ann Balmer, 18 and blonde
11/11/1963
A beauty with brains, Carol Ann Balmer, 22, a former Miss Canada, was among 585 University of Toronto students receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates yesterday
A beauty with brains, Carol Ann Balmer, 22, a former Miss Canada, was among 585 University of Toronto students receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates yesterday
5/29/1967
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
te patterns and brilliant colors of handmade Oriental rugs are more and more Torontonians to buy these exotic and artistic crea an Mojtahedi, whose family owns Moj Persian Rugs on Yorkville, says a growing number of people want the carpets for practical and functional decor purposes at home
te patterns and brilliant colors of handmade Oriental rugs are more and more Torontonians to buy these exotic and artistic crea an Mojtahedi, whose family owns Moj Persian Rugs on Yorkville, says a growing number of people want the carpets for practical and functional decor purposes at home
1/6/1978
No democracy: Letter writer Louis Horvath of Don Mills, who fought for the freedom of Hungary in 1956, says the government of Canada is out of touch with the wishes of the people
No democracy: Letter writer Louis Horvath of Don Mills, who fought for the freedom of Hungary in 1956, says the government of Canada is out of touch with the wishes of the people
10/22/1989
Tired of seeing his advertising brochures end up in the waste basket, advertising man Gunter Nerlich has come up with a patented three-dimensional viewing device, which he is holding, above
Tired of seeing his advertising brochures end up in the waste basket, advertising man Gunter Nerlich has come up with a patented three-dimensional viewing device, which he is holding, above
6/28/1972
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
3/18/1987
Trendy lighting: Reg Porter stands under Saturn, by Casablanca, one of the new-look ceiling fans he sells at one of his three greater Metro Fan Man stores
Trendy lighting: Reg Porter stands under Saturn, by Casablanca, one of the new-look ceiling fans he sells at one of his three greater Metro Fan Man stores
7/5/1990
Howard Levant has created a sight-and-sound environment at CNE the centrepiece of which it its music hall, ringd with strobe lights and globe that pulsates with color to music of rock groups
Howard Levant has created a sight-and-sound environment at CNE the centrepiece of which it its music hall, ringd with strobe lights and globe that pulsates with color to music of rock groups
8/13/1969
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
8/23/1971
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
1/11/1989