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Reliable instrument: Even though it was built in the 1850s, this mercurial wheel type barometer Bill Daniels has, built by Toronto craftsman Charles Potter, still gives a reliable accurate weather forecast today.
Reliable instrument: Even though it was built in the 1850s, this mercurial wheel type barometer Bill Daniels has, built by Toronto craftsman Charles Potter, still gives a reliable accurate weather forecast today.

Reliable instrument: Even though it was built in the 1850s, this mercurial wheel type barometer Bill Daniels has, built by Toronto craftsman Charles Potter, still gives a reliable accurate weather forecast today.

Date3/22/1991
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0126425F
Craftsman: Pasquale Cosentino, left, built this ceremonial chair for a Thornhill synagogue from sketches made by artist Ron Henig.
Craftsman: Pasquale Cosentino, left, built this ceremonial chair for a Thornhill synagogue from sketches made by artist Ron Henig.
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Glittering arcade: General manager Bob Neilson says the new $40 million Oakville Place mall Cambridge Leasehold has built on the outskits of Oakville is similar in character to the Toronto Eaton Centre, though smaller
Glittering arcade: General manager Bob Neilson says the new $40 million Oakville Place mall Cambridge Leasehold has built on the outskits of Oakville is similar in character to the Toronto Eaton Centre, though smaller
3/5/1981
First Chairman of Halton Regional Council, Allan Masson admires brass ship's chronometer and barometer he was given by members of first regional council at their last meeting
First Chairman of Halton Regional Council, Allan Masson admires brass ship's chronometer and barometer he was given by members of first regional council at their last meeting
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Simple style: Film producer David Daniels relaxes in his undulating -walled media bedroom designed by Phillip Moody. Daniels says it's relaxing and comforting.
Simple style: Film producer David Daniels relaxes in his undulating -walled media bedroom designed by Phillip Moody. Daniels says it's relaxing and comforting.
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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.
11/4/1983
A $1.7 million building to house the York Region Board of Education and the Aurora municipal offices is going to be built, George Ford, superintendent of business for the board, examines a model of it. It will be built on Wellington St. just west of Yonge
A $1.7 million building to house the York Region Board of Education and the Aurora municipal offices is going to be built, George Ford, superintendent of business for the board, examines a model of it. It will be built on Wellington St. just west of Yonge
6/25/1974
Owner and craftsman Phillip Trypis, right, and his father George take time to show reporter Janigan around the shop where they make fine b pipes
Owner and craftsman Phillip Trypis, right, and his father George take time to show reporter Janigan around the shop where they make fine b pipes
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Derek Maw, an antique furniture craftsman, serenades wife Linda and daughter Justine, 2, in their Brooklin area pioneer farmhouse
Derek Maw, an antique furniture craftsman, serenades wife Linda and daughter Justine, 2, in their Brooklin area pioneer farmhouse
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Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Mon eith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.[Incomplete]
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Mon eith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.[Incomplete]
1/7/1976
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Moneith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching. Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Moneith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching. Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.
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Craftsman at work: Luigi D'Andrea, 67, works on a piece of wrought iron in his workshop in a laneway at Ossington Ave. and Bloor St. D'Andrea, who brought his skills from Italy, has been plying his trade in Toronto since 1949, but now demand for hand-made
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Master craftsman Jean-Francois Furieri fell in love with Canada on his honeymoon, returned later with his wife to open the family plaster business in Toronto.
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