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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.

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.

Date11/4/1983
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126256F
The old and the new. A 150-year-old log cabine owned by the Sentinel Rover crew of Port Credit contrasts with apartment building being built. Cabin was moved from Peterborough
The old and the new. A 150-year-old log cabine owned by the Sentinel Rover crew of Port Credit contrasts with apartment building being built. Cabin was moved from Peterborough
3/27/1972
A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
2/26/1973
The only 18th-century building still standing in Toronto is this log cabin built in 1794 by John Scadding near today's Don Jail. It was moved to the CNE when the fair started in 1879
The only 18th-century building still standing in Toronto is this log cabin built in 1794 by John Scadding near today's Don Jail. It was moved to the CNE when the fair started in 1879
8/14/1978
Four grandsons, decked out in sailors' uniforms, salute Bill Turner of Etobicoke as he prepares to launch the 36-foot cabin cruiser he built over five years
Four grandsons, decked out in sailors' uniforms, salute Bill Turner of Etobicoke as he prepares to launch the 36-foot cabin cruiser he built over five years
8/16/1976
Companies are spending more on collections but they also find sponsoring exhibits like the treasures of King Tut's tomb yield marketing payoffs
Companies are spending more on collections but they also find sponsoring exhibits like the treasures of King Tut's tomb yield marketing payoffs
10/31/1979
Helen beams beneath a Korean painting, brought like many treasures from around the world, to the 1817-built residence of Brigadier Willis Moogh, Mrs. Moogh
Helen beams beneath a Korean painting, brought like many treasures from around the world, to the 1817-built residence of Brigadier Willis Moogh, Mrs. Moogh
6/19/1969
Log cabin modernized: at left - The aboriginal log cabin has beeen modernized and made comfortable, cosy and homey on the Porcupine mining properties
Log cabin modernized: at left - The aboriginal log cabin has beeen modernized and made comfortable, cosy and homey on the Porcupine mining properties
n.d.
Clare's Log Cabin Restaurant Tally-Ho, Clare's Log Cabin Restaurant, Old Dundas St
Clare's Log Cabin Restaurant Tally-Ho, Clare's Log Cabin Restaurant, Old Dundas St
1954-04
Real treasures are seldom stumbled on by casual shoppers but a day of browsing through the antique shops and junk stores of London can still be reward(...)
Real treasures are seldom stumbled on by casual shoppers but a day of browsing through the antique shops and junk stores of London can still be reward(...)
2/18/1974
John Scadding's cabin, built in 1793-94, is on display at Exhibition Place
John Scadding's cabin, built in 1793-94, is on display at Exhibition Place
1/16/1974
The real thing: Left with a minority government following Thursday's election, the Premier told a television audience he would now show Ontario voters the old Frank Miller, the real Frank Miller
The real thing: Left with a minority government following Thursday's election, the Premier told a television audience he would now show Ontario voters the old Frank Miller, the real Frank Miller
3/22/1985
Small treasures: George Maxwell shows off some of the miniature cars he sells through his Unionville company
Small treasures: George Maxwell shows off some of the miniature cars he sells through his Unionville company
4/27/1986