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Shattered dream: Rob Murphy, 18, stands with his parents, Rose and Hugh, on the Mississauga lot where their new home was to have been.
Shattered dream: Rob Murphy, 18, stands with his parents, Rose and Hugh, on the Mississauga lot where their new home was to have been.

Shattered dream: Rob Murphy, 18, stands with his parents, Rose and Hugh, on the Mississauga lot where their new home was to have been.

Date5/6/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131351F
In his rosedale home, builder Hugh Conover stands before a collection of primitive masks from native Indian, Mexican and African sources. The antique door is one he bought from wreckers and installed in duplex the family bought.
In his rosedale home, builder Hugh Conover stands before a collection of primitive masks from native Indian, Mexican and African sources. The antique door is one he bought from wreckers and installed in duplex the family bought.
11/20/1970
Family firm: Rob Brown, 29, left, with his parents, Lou and Donia.
Family firm: Rob Brown, 29, left, with his parents, Lou and Donia.
9/4/1985
Bright Future: Mission counsellor Rob Bright, 26, a former street kid, stands before a mural and stage where Christian rock bands perform for homeless teens at the Evergreen Drop in Centre on Yonge St.
Bright Future: Mission counsellor Rob Bright, 26, a former street kid, stands before a mural and stage where Christian rock bands perform for homeless teens at the Evergreen Drop in Centre on Yonge St.
9/5/1991
Reunions between adopted children and their natural parents have been arranged by Barry Reiman, assistant director of the Browndale Ontario homes for emotionally disturbed adolescents
Reunions between adopted children and their natural parents have been arranged by Barry Reiman, assistant director of the Browndale Ontario homes for emotionally disturbed adolescents
3/18/1975
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
5/24/1983
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
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
4/6/1987
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
Vince Murphy: North York's traffic commissioner stands at Metro's worst accident spot.
Vince Murphy: North York's traffic commissioner stands at Metro's worst accident spot.
4/21/1986
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
3/16/1988
Life's improving: Dennis and Bernadette Cyrenne, the Jehovah's Witness parents who took their daughter, Sara, 12, out of hospital rather than have her receive a blood transfusion, say life'e easier in Maintouwadge now they've been acquitted of criminal negligence in her death.
Life's improving: Dennis and Bernadette Cyrenne, the Jehovah's Witness parents who took their daughter, Sara, 12, out of hospital rather than have her receive a blood transfusion, say life'e easier in Maintouwadge now they've been acquitted of criminal negligence in her death.
10/2/1981
Baby Mandy Ann is admired by her parents, Clay and Josie Hatfield, in their Kipling Ave. home where Mandy Ann was born
Baby Mandy Ann is admired by her parents, Clay and Josie Hatfield, in their Kipling Ave. home where Mandy Ann was born
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