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Charting Biorhythms has been a thriving enterprise for Howard Nelson, seen taking reading at his Toronto home
Charting Biorhythms has been a thriving enterprise for Howard Nelson, seen taking reading at his Toronto home

Charting Biorhythms has been a thriving enterprise for Howard Nelson, seen taking reading at his Toronto home

Date3/30/1977
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131464F
Happy and active: Bill Roedde, 60, has had more time to enjoy his favorite hobbies - cycling and reading - after taking an early retirement.
Happy and active: Bill Roedde, 60, has had more time to enjoy his favorite hobbies - cycling and reading - after taking an early retirement.
5/28/1985
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
7/25/1984
Very real force, 45-year-old Howard Nelson calls pyramid power, and he has a pyramid suspended over broken leg at Wellesley Ho Stuffed under blankets are 15 smaller pyramids, and they all make him rest easy
Very real force, 45-year-old Howard Nelson calls pyramid power, and he has a pyramid suspended over broken leg at Wellesley Ho Stuffed under blankets are 15 smaller pyramids, and they all make him rest easy
4/25/1976
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
James Brown: 18, 19 Millburn Dr. Single. Grade 13 student at Martingrove Collegiate. He filed nomination papers to protest a system allowing anyone to run for office, now has changed his mind and is seriously campaigning on a platform of economic restraint, improved bus service to the northend, daycare and a plan to sell the Olympium to private enterprise.
James Brown: 18, 19 Millburn Dr. Single. Grade 13 student at Martingrove Collegiate. He filed nomination papers to protest a system allowing anyone to run for office, now has changed his mind and is seriously campaigning on a platform of economic restraint, improved bus service to the northend, daycare and a plan to sell the Olympium to private enterprise.
11/2/1982
Window on market: Contour Blind and Shade founder John Simmons is charting his company on an ambitous growth strategy that calls for a 250-store expansion in three years
Window on market: Contour Blind and Shade founder John Simmons is charting his company on an ambitous growth strategy that calls for a 250-store expansion in three years
10/30/1987
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
6/13/1985
Relaxing in Venetian splendor of their formal living room are Victor Biasi and Richard, 10. Because Victor has lived in Venice most of his life, practically all the furniture in the room has been imported from Italy. Although the home on Glenview Ave. in North Toronto looks English on the outside, inside it is transformed into a touch of Venice transported to Toronto.
Relaxing in Venetian splendor of their formal living room are Victor Biasi and Richard, 10. Because Victor has lived in Venice most of his life, practically all the furniture in the room has been imported from Italy. Although the home on Glenview Ave. in North Toronto looks English on the outside, inside it is transformed into a touch of Venice transported to Toronto.
5/27/1971
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above, blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above, blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal
7/27/1984
Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
1/3/1969
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
10/28/1986
Charting the path: University of Toronto sociologist John Lee, above, gets romantic message from Valentine's Day cards at the Women's Emporium on Queen St
Charting the path: University of Toronto sociologist John Lee, above, gets romantic message from Valentine's Day cards at the Women's Emporium on Queen St
2/10/1981