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Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.
Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.

Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.

Date11/2/1982
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125256F
Ann Rohmer: The athletic sports anchor for CITY TV, who is 5 feet, 4 inches and weighs 113 pounds, teaches fitness classes six days a week
Ann Rohmer: The athletic sports anchor for CITY TV, who is 5 feet, 4 inches and weighs 113 pounds, teaches fitness classes six days a week
6/15/1987
Fit and fat: Fitness consultant Jan Shepard, who is five-foot-10 and weighs 190 pounds, will run one of Metro's few exercise classes strictly for overweight women
Fit and fat: Fitness consultant Jan Shepard, who is five-foot-10 and weighs 190 pounds, will run one of Metro's few exercise classes strictly for overweight women
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Crystal beauty: Joe Markovic, who hopes to open a gallery in North York to display his glass-art collection, displays a piece called The Forest, which weighs 80 pounds
Crystal beauty: Joe Markovic, who hopes to open a gallery in North York to display his glass-art collection, displays a piece called The Forest, which weighs 80 pounds
3/31/1982
Already showing what its stripes are made of-although it's only 2 weeks old, 10 inches long and weighs in at 3 pounds-this Siberian tiger needs a name(...)
Already showing what its stripes are made of-although it's only 2 weeks old, 10 inches long and weighs in at 3 pounds-this Siberian tiger needs a name(...)
10/28/1976
Giant New Tire being transported to United Tire storage area weighs 2,700 pounds and costs about $3,500
Giant New Tire being transported to United Tire storage area weighs 2,700 pounds and costs about $3,500
4/1/1971
A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
7/14/1974
Bottled up: Custom-made door to Tony Aspler's wine cellar is 2 inches thick and weighs 125 pounds
Bottled up: Custom-made door to Tony Aspler's wine cellar is 2 inches thick and weighs 125 pounds
4/20/1989
Sophisticated machine: Kyocera's new KD-2010 model 8-mm camera-recorder weighs only three pounds 10 ounces with battery and cassette installed
Sophisticated machine: Kyocera's new KD-2010 model 8-mm camera-recorder weighs only three pounds 10 ounces with battery and cassette installed
12/1/1986
Too heavy: Roddy MacDonald was 2 1/2 pounds over the 175-pound limit at the official weigh-in yesterday but he'll shed that easily in preparation for the Canadian championship bout against the light heavyweight titleholder Gary Summer-hays, checking the s
Too heavy: Roddy MacDonald was 2 1/2 pounds over the 175-pound limit at the official weigh-in yesterday but he'll shed that easily in preparation for the Canadian championship bout against the light heavyweight titleholder Gary Summer-hays, checking the s
11/30/1981
By the pound: James Duguid weighs meat and produce on imperial scales at the family's grocery store on Yonge St.
By the pound: James Duguid weighs meat and produce on imperial scales at the family's grocery store on Yonge St.
11/26/1983
Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
7/26/1972
The Torch, Designed by the National Research Council, it resembles the Calgary Tower, weighs 1
The Torch, Designed by the National Research Council, it resembles the Calgary Tower, weighs 1
3/24/1987