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For 40 years, the greats of the music world have played Toronto because Walter Homburger, Canada's leading impresario, brough them here
For 40 years, the greats of the music world have played Toronto because Walter Homburger, Canada's leading impresario, brough them here

For 40 years, the greats of the music world have played Toronto because Walter Homburger, Canada's leading impresario, brough them here

Date2/11/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128522F
Happy impresario: Walter Homburger flings his arms wide as he responds to the acclaim of artists and 2,600 others who paid him tribute at Roy Thomson Hall last night
Happy impresario: Walter Homburger flings his arms wide as he responds to the acclaim of artists and 2,600 others who paid him tribute at Roy Thomson Hall last night
3/9/1987
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
Jazz greats honor cole. The man they came to honor at Casa Loma last night, Doug Cole danced the jitter bug with his Dorian. It was the first annual Doug Cole Jazz Scholarship Evening which Canada's jazz greats honored the proprietor of local jazz clubs.
9/21/1978
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
10/5/1992
Golf greats: Al Balding, left, and have been two of Canada's outstanding professional golfers for years
Golf greats: Al Balding, left, and have been two of Canada's outstanding professional golfers for years
9/28/1984
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
7/14/1981
Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
2/22/1987
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
2/19/1987
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
2/19/1987
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
9/24/1970
Six of Canada's sports greats have been added to the Sports Hall of Fame's honor roll
Six of Canada's sports greats have been added to the Sports Hall of Fame's honor roll
7/6/1988
In from the cold: Walter Day no longer actively smuggles Bibles into Communist countries because his face is too well known, but he now heads the Canadian branch of Jesus to the Communist World, with offices in St. Thomas.
In from the cold: Walter Day no longer actively smuggles Bibles into Communist countries because his face is too well known, but he now heads the Canadian branch of Jesus to the Communist World, with offices in St. Thomas.
11/1/1979
Peter Sever: Impresario scored a coup with current Stratford tour of the U.S.
Peter Sever: Impresario scored a coup with current Stratford tour of the U.S.
1/11/1996