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The wax man: Willy Nelson shows how his hot wax application for picking up spilled oil can sop up oil sludge, held in his right hand, and turn it into a waxy misture, in his left hand, solving an environmental crisis
The wax man: Willy Nelson shows how his hot wax application for picking up spilled oil can sop up oil sludge, held in his right hand, and turn it into a waxy misture, in his left hand, solving an environmental crisis

The wax man: Willy Nelson shows how his hot wax application for picking up spilled oil can sop up oil sludge, held in his right hand, and turn it into a waxy misture, in his left hand, solving an environmental crisis

Date5/11/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131472F
Monty lost his head. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery (in wax, not in flesh) is bound for Madame Toussaud's wax museum in Niagara Falls. When he gets(...)
Monty lost his head. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery (in wax, not in flesh) is bound for Madame Toussaud's wax museum in Niagara Falls. When he gets(...)
6/24/1965
We are not amused: Jack Mumford tipped his hat to Queen Victoria, but the grand old lady didn't even look his way - for good reason, She's made of wax
We are not amused: Jack Mumford tipped his hat to Queen Victoria, but the grand old lady didn't even look his way - for good reason, She's made of wax
9/28/1981
Black gold: Herb Campbell, a research engineer at the Canada Centre for inland Waters, pours oil produced from sewage sludge into a beaker. The novel concept could turn the sludge into a valuable resource rather than an expensively disposed - of waste. Petro Sun international Inc. is getting set to take the process out of the lab into the marketplace.
Black gold: Herb Campbell, a research engineer at the Canada Centre for inland Waters, pours oil produced from sewage sludge into a beaker. The novel concept could turn the sludge into a valuable resource rather than an expensively disposed - of waste. Petro Sun international Inc. is getting set to take the process out of the lab into the marketplace.
9/8/1987
After nailing extra dry wall screws into the sub-floor to eliminate squeaks, and applying a vapor barrier with a wax coat on one side, the first two strips are nailed down by hand
After nailing extra dry wall screws into the sub-floor to eliminate squeaks, and applying a vapor barrier with a wax coat on one side, the first two strips are nailed down by hand
9/21/1989
Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie ...
If looks could kill: A fuming motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie Street at Sheppard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario in yesterday's storm, waiting and hoping that somebody will come to his aid. The storm battered Metro with snow, sleet and howling winds, turning streets into a sea of sludge.
2/12/1985
Picking up a rose, Susanna Hartel shows what she can do with the plastic battery-powered hands she was fitted with six months ago by the Workmen's Com(...)
Picking up a rose, Susanna Hartel shows what she can do with the plastic battery-powered hands she was fitted with six months ago by the Workmen's Com(...)
3/23/1977
Day-old oil: Gilles Charette makes his rounds to Markleangelo's restaurant to pick up used cooking oil from sous chef Gilbert Letort, left
Day-old oil: Gilles Charette makes his rounds to Markleangelo's restaurant to pick up used cooking oil from sous chef Gilbert Letort, left
9/23/1980
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
8/7/1986
Hot off the press, Printer Tony Dobson shows how his product, an advanced sheet-fed press, the Heidelberg Speedmaster, can produce a six-color graphic
Hot off the press, Printer Tony Dobson shows how his product, an advanced sheet-fed press, the Heidelberg Speedmaster, can produce a six-color graphic
11/16/1989
What's up, Scott?: Scott Mansfield and Romeo, his award-winning Smoked Pearl Marten dwarf rabbit, will both be on hand to welcome visitors to the National - the top rabbit show in North America - which will be held outside the United States for the first time when it opens at Ontario Science Centre, April 20 and 21
What's up, Scott?: Scott Mansfield and Romeo, his award-winning Smoked Pearl Marten dwarf rabbit, will both be on hand to welcome visitors to the National - the top rabbit show in North America - which will be held outside the United States for the first time when it opens at Ontario Science Centre, April 20 and 21
3/26/1985
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
3/25/1982
For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
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