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Feisty Canadian, Wallace Edwards and the $36,000 in $1 bills he forced the Soviet embassy to pay him for a printing job.
Feisty Canadian, Wallace Edwards and the $36,000 in $1 bills he forced the Soviet embassy to pay him for a printing job.

Feisty Canadian, Wallace Edwards and the $36,000 in $1 bills he forced the Soviet embassy to pay him for a printing job.

Date10/22/1980
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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_0126974F
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
10/3/1980
Duncan Edwards on the job: $7 an hour to pick up your groceries.
Duncan Edwards on the job: $7 an hour to pick up your groceries.
11/30/1978
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
3/20/1992
Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
9/25/1970
Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards
8/24/1994
Hi-tech shopping: Company president Errol Francis shows off what Canadian Holidays bills as the world's first computerized travel brochure
Hi-tech shopping: Company president Errol Francis shows off what Canadian Holidays bills as the world's first computerized travel brochure
10/11/1989
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
3/13/1970
How much! North York aldermanic candidate Jason Pearson goes into shock as he examines his mounting campaign bills
How much! North York aldermanic candidate Jason Pearson goes into shock as he examines his mounting campaign bills
10/22/1985
Noise level: Jim Montgomery, an engineer and Canadian Registered Safety Professional, recently took noise level readings Meri Dai Edwards' home, which is near a helicopter flight path
Noise level: Jim Montgomery, an engineer and Canadian Registered Safety Professional, recently took noise level readings Meri Dai Edwards' home, which is near a helicopter flight path
2/16/1987
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
6/18/1975
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
Monteith, 23, a tow-truck opertor, said he was kicked in the shins, and a gun was forced down his throat by police who picked him up Aug
Monteith, 23, a tow-truck opertor, said he was kicked in the shins, and a gun was forced down his throat by police who picked him up Aug
2/21/1982