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Guy Pearse in chinese garden at Royal Ontario Museum. He's here to manage the fabulous Chinese Exhibition which opens Aug. 8.
Guy Pearse in chinese garden at Royal Ontario Museum. He's here to manage the fabulous Chinese Exhibition which opens Aug. 8.

Guy Pearse in chinese garden at Royal Ontario Museum. He's here to manage the fabulous Chinese Exhibition which opens Aug. 8.

Date7/15/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Chinese Exhibition opens at the ROM - Aug 7/74 - RCMP constable Donald McQuillan
Chinese Exhibition opens at the ROM - Aug 7/74 - RCMP constable Donald McQuillan
8/7/1974
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Chinese Art Exhibition
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Chinese Art Exhibition
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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Chinese Art Exhibition
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Museums - Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Chinese Art Exhibition
10/26/1931
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
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
Restaurateur William De Laurentis specializes in massive portions of spaghetti food combinations at the Dell Tavern. He's also the contented impresario of the upstairs Theatre in the Dell, where his first opera opens tonight.
Restaurateur William De Laurentis specializes in massive portions of spaghetti food combinations at the Dell Tavern. He's also the contented impresario of the upstairs Theatre in the Dell, where his first opera opens tonight.
1/27/1973
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
7/31/1972
Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
6/8/1984
Chinese specialist W. A. C. Dobson, outside Chinese landscaping on Spadina Ave.
Chinese specialist W. A. C. Dobson, outside Chinese landscaping on Spadina Ave.
11/6/1978
Form of medicine: Win Tam and Dieu Khon Quang weigh Chinese herbs used to treat common ailments James Gin, owner of Nam Pek Hong Chinese Herbs Centre, stocks more than 1,000 speciality herbs
Form of medicine: Win Tam and Dieu Khon Quang weigh Chinese herbs used to treat common ailments James Gin, owner of Nam Pek Hong Chinese Herbs Centre, stocks more than 1,000 speciality herbs
1/16/1981
Peerless: Edgar Hanson's Chinese lacquer work on furniture has been compared to the best of the Chinese and early European masters.
Peerless: Edgar Hanson's Chinese lacquer work on furniture has been compared to the best of the Chinese and early European masters.
4/3/1983
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
7/10/1969