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Memories: When Mers Kutt, left, started Consolidated Computer in 1967, the advertisement below echoed the company's high hopes fo success
Memories: When Mers Kutt, left, started Consolidated Computer in 1967, the advertisement below echoed the company's high hopes fo success

Memories: When Mers Kutt, left, started Consolidated Computer in 1967, the advertisement below echoed the company's high hopes fo success

Date9/4/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129117F
Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
8/21/1985
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
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
Memories: Kelly recalls the fateful August day when things started coming apart on the stock market
Memories: Kelly recalls the fateful August day when things started coming apart on the stock market
12/9/1981
Show of strength: Hakan Colting, owner of Rent-an-Inflatable Inc., hoists an inflatable pickup truck to show off his company's product. Colting's firm, which operates out of his Newmarket home, supplies businesses with inflatables for use as advertisements.
Show of strength: Hakan Colting, owner of Rent-an-Inflatable Inc., hoists an inflatable pickup truck to show off his company's product. Colting's firm, which operates out of his Newmarket home, supplies businesses with inflatables for use as advertisements.
6/7/1988
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
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
2/28/1977
President of interiors international, John Geiger, displays one of his company's chairs. His 15-year-old firm is achieving international success.
President of interiors international, John Geiger, displays one of his company's chairs. His 15-year-old firm is achieving international success.
2/15/1977
Celebrating success: Maurice Roger, president of Christian Dior International, in Toronto for the launch of the company's new fragrance, says Dior spent three years developing Poison, for which he chose the main ingredients
Celebrating success: Maurice Roger, president of Christian Dior International, in Toronto for the launch of the company's new fragrance, says Dior spent three years developing Poison, for which he chose the main ingredients
9/6/1986
Smell of success: Tony Boerkamp hopes to make his fortune on the citrosa, a Dutch-bred hybrid plant that repells mosquitos and blackfiles.
Smell of success: Tony Boerkamp hopes to make his fortune on the citrosa, a Dutch-bred hybrid plant that repells mosquitos and blackfiles.
7/6/1990
Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
10/30/1985
Banker Willliam C. Duncan retired this week after 65 years in the banking industry. Duncan, 84, started working in a bank at Huntsville in 1906. For the past 20 years he's been manager of the Toronto Clearing House. He hopes to travel.
Banker Willliam C. Duncan retired this week after 65 years in the banking industry. Duncan, 84, started working in a bank at Huntsville in 1906. For the past 20 years he's been manager of the Toronto Clearing House. He hopes to travel.
3/30/1971