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Edward Meyer works out of a Toronto office for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! hunting down exhibits for 20 museums around the world
Edward Meyer works out of a Toronto office for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! hunting down exhibits for 20 museums around the world

Edward Meyer works out of a Toronto office for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! hunting down exhibits for 20 museums around the world

Date9/14/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Living it up, World's tallest man, Christopher Paul Greener (7-foot-6) dwarfs Doug Birrell (5-foot-4) of Ripley's Museum, Niagara Falls, who met him a(...)
Living it up, World's tallest man, Christopher Paul Greener (7-foot-6) dwarfs Doug Birrell (5-foot-4) of Ripley's Museum, Niagara Falls, who met him a(...)
8/18/1979
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Exhibits - 1960-69
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Exhibits - 1960-69
3/1/1966
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Exhibits - 1976-87
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Exhibits - 1976-87
11/17/1981
Showman: Mel Hinde and his company Museum Productions create displays for museums around the world.
Showman: Mel Hinde and his company Museum Productions create displays for museums around the world.
1/27/1993
Ojibwa Indian Walter Currie (left), who opened the Royal Ontario Museum's 60th anniversary exhibit of British artist Paul Kane's paintings yesterday talks with his daughter, Leslie, student Philip Fischer (second from left) and Johnny Yesno, and Ojibwa and producer of CBC's Our Native Land in exhibition hall.
Ojibwa Indian Walter Currie (left), who opened the Royal Ontario Museum's 60th anniversary exhibit of British artist Paul Kane's paintings yesterday talks with his daughter, Leslie, student Philip Fischer (second from left) and Johnny Yesno, and Ojibwa and producer of CBC's Our Native Land in exhibition hall.
1/4/1972
Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
1/8/1971
Craig carpenter. 'We're going all out'. Carpenter, as senior project manager for the Department of Supply and Services at the Canadian Government Exposition Centre in Ottawa, is in charge of Canadian exhibits all over the globe. But this is to be the super show of them all, with 29 government departments and crown corporations involved to the hilt. We're going all out for the 100th anniversary of this country's
Craig carpenter. 'We're going all out'. Carpenter, as senior project manager for the Department of Supply and Services at the Canadian Government Exposition Centre in Ottawa, is in charge of Canadian exhibits all over the globe. But this is to be the super show of them all, with 29 government departments and crown corporations involved to the hilt. We're going all out for the 100th anniversary of this country's
6/26/1978
Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
11/3/1975
But not for us: The Royal Ontario Museum's chief archeologist, Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham, points out part of Iran's royal collection from a book he co-authored. If they were to go on sale, the ROM would not be in the market for the priceless treasure. It couldn't even afford the sparkle from one of these emeralds, he said.
But not for us: The Royal Ontario Museum's chief archeologist, Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham, points out part of Iran's royal collection from a book he co-authored. If they were to go on sale, the ROM would not be in the market for the priceless treasure. It couldn't even afford the sparkle from one of these emeralds, he said.
3/11/1982
Idea paid off: When Jack Nissen saw the exhibits at the Ontario Science Centre he decided to manufacture replicas of them for worldwide sale
Idea paid off: When Jack Nissen saw the exhibits at the Ontario Science Centre he decided to manufacture replicas of them for worldwide sale
10/11/1982
Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
8/26/1977
386-Pound Meteorit at Royal Ontario museum. Dr. V. B. Meen si museum's chief mineralogist
386-Pound Meteorit at Royal Ontario museum. Dr. V. B. Meen si museum's chief mineralogist
9/1/1966