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Documenting History: Collector Geoff Cole was interested in the story old financial documents can tell but also saw potential in dealing in them.
Documenting History: Collector Geoff Cole was interested in the story old financial documents can tell but also saw potential in dealing in them.

Documenting History: Collector Geoff Cole was interested in the story old financial documents can tell but also saw potential in dealing in them.

Date3/13/1990
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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_0126039F
Sky King: C.H. (Punch) Dickens, 90, has been sorting through old papers and photographs documenting his remarkable career.
Sky King: C.H. (Punch) Dickens, 90, has been sorting through old papers and photographs documenting his remarkable career.
3/20/1989
Third time lucky? Andrew Kosc has 5-week-old son Joseph along for moral support today as he gathers the documents at Metro Hall council chambers for his third bid at a sidewalk vending space
Third time lucky? Andrew Kosc has 5-week-old son Joseph along for moral support today as he gathers the documents at Metro Hall council chambers for his third bid at a sidewalk vending space
5/4/1993
Harry Barberian holds old beer stein made in Brantford, The restaurateur is also a collector of Canadian paintings, books and other treasures.
Harry Barberian holds old beer stein made in Brantford, The restaurateur is also a collector of Canadian paintings, books and other treasures.
2/18/1969
Facing the problem: Rafael Ramirez of the Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy says his group has been working for years quietly but effectively, not only to start dealing with the problem (of illiteracy) but also to have governments and the public
Facing the problem: Rafael Ramirez of the Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy says his group has been working for years quietly but effectively, not only to start dealing with the problem (of illiteracy) but also to have governments and the public
10/30/1979
Tony Szego / safety gas tank. Investors need federal support but they also need someone to tell them when they're on the wrong track.
Tony Szego / safety gas tank. Investors need federal support but they also need someone to tell them when they're on the wrong track.
10/4/1978
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
8/28/1981
He counts on his van: Tom Murlson, a Registered Industrial Accountant, can roll up in his air conditioned office, spot your financial problems on site and solve them with his computer
He counts on his van: Tom Murlson, a Registered Industrial Accountant, can roll up in his air conditioned office, spot your financial problems on site and solve them with his computer
5/9/1984
First President of the newly-formed Occidental Life Insurance Co. of Canada is Michael Barnes, 52, left, with Earl Clark, president of the California-based parent company. The two spent an hour and a half yesterday signing hundreds of documents required to launch the firm, which will offer new product lines.
First President of the newly-formed Occidental Life Insurance Co. of Canada is Michael Barnes, 52, left, with Earl Clark, president of the California-based parent company. The two spent an hour and a half yesterday signing hundreds of documents required to launch the firm, which will offer new product lines.
1/12/1971
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
1/15/1987
Norm Puttick: Pollution-cleanup promises made by politicians now a pile of yellowing documents.
Norm Puttick: Pollution-cleanup promises made by politicians now a pile of yellowing documents.
2/11/1985
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
12/8/1985
Inventive Spirit: Raja Tull, 25, began working on his wide facsimile machine in 1988 after seeing how much his father and other engineers spent sending large documents around the world
Inventive Spirit: Raja Tull, 25, began working on his wide facsimile machine in 1988 after seeing how much his father and other engineers spent sending large documents around the world
10/14/1991