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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)
Object NumberTSPA_0126039F
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
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
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
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
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
David Louis: Even though he's both an accountant and a lawyer, he finds new income-tax documents hard reading
David Louis: Even though he's both an accountant and a lawyer, he finds new income-tax documents hard reading
1/14/1983
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
8/25/1981
Frozen out: David Myers, his wife Carolyn, and his mother Gladys, seated, inspect condo purchase documents cancelled after the Harbourfront development freeze
Frozen out: David Myers, his wife Carolyn, and his mother Gladys, seated, inspect condo purchase documents cancelled after the Harbourfront development freeze
3/31/1989
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
Bleak future: Goodyear lift truck driver Thomas Ryan, 52, looking over documents in his Aviation Rd
Bleak future: Goodyear lift truck driver Thomas Ryan, 52, looking over documents in his Aviation Rd
3/3/1987
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
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