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David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.
David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.

David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.

Date2/26/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128598F
David Hughes has the job of his dreams - hunting down antique beds for people who want to sleep on history.
David Hughes has the job of his dreams - hunting down antique beds for people who want to sleep on history.
1/26/1992
George Bell admits: I'm not the hitter I used to be, George Bell, who doesn't often talk to the press, reflected on his baseball career recently with a Star reporter and confessed that his big hitting days are probably over.
George Bell admits: I'm not the hitter I used to be, George Bell, who doesn't often talk to the press, reflected on his baseball career recently with a Star reporter and confessed that his big hitting days are probably over.
3/27/1980
Business lobbying: Sam Hughes, stepping down after five years as president of Chamber of Commerce: admits arm-twisting is as important as public utterances in influencing Ottawa
Business lobbying: Sam Hughes, stepping down after five years as president of Chamber of Commerce: admits arm-twisting is as important as public utterances in influencing Ottawa
9/18/1980
Fighting on: David Irvine, 43, shown with wife Sandi, right, and daughter Mickie, spends his days waiting for a phone call saying a heart is available for the transplant he needs
Fighting on: David Irvine, 43, shown with wife Sandi, right, and daughter Mickie, spends his days waiting for a phone call saying a heart is available for the transplant he needs
7/3/1988
Happy here: Leafs' fine goaltending prospect, Ken Wregget, who looks younger than his 19 years, admits he must spend time developing, but he would prefer doing it with the Leafs
Happy here: Leafs' fine goaltending prospect, Ken Wregget, who looks younger than his 19 years, admits he must spend time developing, but he would prefer doing it with the Leafs
12/13/1983
Fly-Tying Addict Bruce Roney is a school principal during his working day, but spends most free hours squinting at bits of feathers and fluff, and blending them into what he hopes will look tasty to trout
Fly-Tying Addict Bruce Roney is a school principal during his working day, but spends most free hours squinting at bits of feathers and fluff, and blending them into what he hopes will look tasty to trout
4/13/1977
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Neiman, two-thirds of the law firm of Neiman, Bissett and Seguin, consult law books in Mr. Neiman's office. Mrs,. Neiman, who's been a candidate in an Ontario election, spends three days a week in the law office. Their partnership began with marriage while they were students at Osgoode Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Neiman, two-thirds of the law firm of Neiman, Bissett and Seguin, consult law books in Mr. Neiman's office. Mrs,. Neiman, who's been a candidate in an Ontario election, spends three days a week in the law office. Their partnership began with marriage while they were students at Osgoode Hall.
5/16/1964
Hot-dogging: There's lots of Frank Miller baloney around these days, Liberal candidate Monte Kwinter, left, seems to be saying as he hands his leader David Peterson a chunk of same
Hot-dogging: There's lots of Frank Miller baloney around these days, Liberal candidate Monte Kwinter, left, seems to be saying as he hands his leader David Peterson a chunk of same
4/30/1985
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Landscape and its Architect: David Cram, partner with his father-in-law, Don Smith of Ellis-Don Ltd., In a luxury holiday resort on St. Lucia island, near Barbados, seems to be comfortably settled in paradise-like surroundings.
Landscape and its Architect: David Cram, partner with his father-in-law, Don Smith of Ellis-Don Ltd., In a luxury holiday resort on St. Lucia island, near Barbados, seems to be comfortably settled in paradise-like surroundings.
5/23/1990
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
Twice the fun: Ken Christofi, owner of Toronto's Bauhaus night club and seen here with niece Tanna, 3, had his 1974. Beetle painted VW Bug blue (it was white), the same colour as the VW his father had when Christofi was a boy in Cyprus. His New Beetle, a turbodiesel model, is white. Chriscofi admits he loves the bells and whistles and comfort of the '90s remake.
6/30/1998
The quiet life: Dallas Bader stands in front of his tepee-shaped cabin beside the beaver meadow. Inside, this modern-day Thoreau spends a lot of his time studying botany.
The quiet life: Dallas Bader stands in front of his tepee-shaped cabin beside the beaver meadow. Inside, this modern-day Thoreau spends a lot of his time studying botany.
1/17/1985