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Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave
Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave

Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave

Date1/3/1972
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132119F
New house: John Israel, left, and his wife Pat both use wheelchairs, so they built a house from scratch with everything, including kitchen counters and sinks, at a 4 1/2-foot level
New house: John Israel, left, and his wife Pat both use wheelchairs, so they built a house from scratch with everything, including kitchen counters and sinks, at a 4 1/2-foot level
10/10/1989
The first glasses of water to actually come out of the water tap in their new home on Macauley Ave
The first glasses of water to actually come out of the water tap in their new home on Macauley Ave
1/28/1972
Toronto engineer William Kitchen uses a small ionization generator
Toronto engineer William Kitchen uses a small ionization generator
2/25/1975
Robert Good, 33, of U of T department of physiology uses himself as a guinea pig to help his research into why so many people drown when they fall into cold water
Robert Good, 33, of U of T department of physiology uses himself as a guinea pig to help his research into why so many people drown when they fall into cold water
12/7/1973
Glidden neighbours: Tom and Anne Oldford, who live on Macauley Ave
Glidden neighbours: Tom and Anne Oldford, who live on Macauley Ave
8/29/1980
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Running the show: Dennis McPherson is hard at work in the Weechi-it-te-win office co-ordinating the efforts of the 10 Rainy River Indian bands affiliated with the Rainy Lake Region Tribal Chiefs
Running the show: Dennis McPherson is hard at work in the Weechi-it-te-win office co-ordinating the efforts of the 10 Rainy River Indian bands affiliated with the Rainy Lake Region Tribal Chiefs
7/25/1984
Pages of work: Graham Newton, 43, holds up the complcated computer instructions he's developed for running his 4 1/2-year-old electronic bulletin board from a tiny office at home
Pages of work: Graham Newton, 43, holds up the complcated computer instructions he's developed for running his 4 1/2-year-old electronic bulletin board from a tiny office at home
5/24/1985
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
11/19/1986
Designer Harold Babcock decorates his home for Christmas with fresh holly and natural wreaths with flowers added. He also uses great swags of fresh-smelling greenery decorated with clear lights
Designer Harold Babcock decorates his home for Christmas with fresh holly and natural wreaths with flowers added. He also uses great swags of fresh-smelling greenery decorated with clear lights
12/7/1983
Mr. Ambassador for Metro's Welcome a Visitor Week, Eddie James Grogan, doorman at the Lord Simcoe Hotel, is congratulated by James Auld, Ontario minister of tourism and information, who pinned a silver medal on his chest for the style he uses in making visitors feel right at home.
Mr. Ambassador for Metro's Welcome a Visitor Week, Eddie James Grogan, doorman at the Lord Simcoe Hotel, is congratulated by James Auld, Ontario minister of tourism and information, who pinned a silver medal on his chest for the style he uses in making visitors feel right at home.
6/11/1970
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
12/10/1987