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Dr. Card: Bernie Federman started collecting cards himself when he was 6 years old. Now he's got his own store, The Card-Y-Ologist on Avenue Rd.
Dr. Card: Bernie Federman started collecting cards himself when he was 6 years old. Now he's got his own store, The Card-Y-Ologist on Avenue Rd.

Dr. Card: Bernie Federman started collecting cards himself when he was 6 years old. Now he's got his own store, The Card-Y-Ologist on Avenue Rd.

Date7/16/1991
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127190F
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
12/7/1977
Victorian sentiments: Kenneth Rowe shows some favorites from his collection of Victoria era Christmas cards he has gathered during the past 20 years
Victorian sentiments: Kenneth Rowe shows some favorites from his collection of Victoria era Christmas cards he has gathered during the past 20 years
11/20/1980
Getting started on next Christmas, Christmas cards and Christmas wrappings were on sale at half price today in the department stores and forward-looki(...)
Getting started on next Christmas, Christmas cards and Christmas wrappings were on sale at half price today in the department stores and forward-looki(...)
12/26/1974
Artist Frank de Matteis, 21, became intrigued with birds printed on the back of bubble gum cards when he was 11 and now borrows specimens from museums(...)
Artist Frank de Matteis, 21, became intrigued with birds printed on the back of bubble gum cards when he was 11 and now borrows specimens from museums(...)
8/22/1973
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
8/27/1978
New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr
New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr
12/21/1983
I hope he doesn't stop, Meryl Dunsmore comments of the secret admirer who has been sending her cards every Valentine's Day for 44 years. She has no id(...)
I hope he doesn't stop, Meryl Dunsmore comments of the secret admirer who has been sending her cards every Valentine's Day for 44 years. She has no id(...)
2/14/1972
Pay now-Wear later. That's the rule for many married women unless they get their husbands to cosign their applications for store credit cards. Many wo(...)
Pay now-Wear later. That's the rule for many married women unless they get their husbands to cosign their applications for store credit cards. Many wo(...)
8/1/1969
Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a wintery scene; the head of a man ...
Raphael Tuck & Sons Artistic Christmas and New Year Cards, 1885-6
approx 1885-1886
He plays his cards right
He plays his cards right
10/3/1979
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
9/18/1978
Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
11/18/1986