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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

Idea paid off: When Jack Nissen saw the exhibits at the Ontario Science Centre he decided to manufacture replicas of them for worldwide sale

Date10/11/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131567F
Coupe de thrill: Larry Srigley, who runs Dynamic Street Rods in Oakville, shows off one of his Model A replicas
Coupe de thrill: Larry Srigley, who runs Dynamic Street Rods in Oakville, shows off one of his Model A replicas
1/24/1992
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
12/21/1973
Miniature medals: Gerald osborn and his daughter Dawn, 18, with replicas of her grandfather's medals, including the Victoria Cross.
Miniature medals: Gerald osborn and his daughter Dawn, 18, with replicas of her grandfather's medals, including the Victoria Cross.
12/8/1981
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
Flat fee approach: When Norm Spears saw success of California entrepreneur's Wheels 'n Deals business, he bought idea the with partners, including wife Claudette, set up U-Sell used car sales facility in Toronto
Flat fee approach: When Norm Spears saw success of California entrepreneur's Wheels 'n Deals business, he bought idea the with partners, including wife Claudette, set up U-Sell used car sales facility in Toronto
8/8/1980
Jack Nissen: Man who risked his life to find out type of radar the Germans were using in World War II could win highest award.
Jack Nissen: Man who risked his life to find out type of radar the Germans were using in World War II could win highest award.
11/11/1991
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
6/14/1971
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
1/20/1968
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits up to 1979
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits up to 1979
2/5/1978
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits up to 1979
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits up to 1979
n.d.
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits 1990 and on
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Ontario Science Centre - Exhibits 1990 and on
1/2/1997