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Bill Parker demonstrates the ancient pottery crafts of his Indian ancestors.
Bill Parker demonstrates the ancient pottery crafts of his Indian ancestors.

Bill Parker demonstrates the ancient pottery crafts of his Indian ancestors.

Date8/27/1978
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131872F
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Northern antiquities; or, A description of the manners, customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other northern nations, including those of our own Saxon ancestors with a translation of the Edda, or system of runic mythology and other pieces, from the ancient Islandic tongue
1770
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Northern antiquities; or, A description of the manners, customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other northern nations, including those of our own Saxon ancestors with a translation of the Edda, or system of runic mythology and other pieces, from the ancient Islandic tongue
1770
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Mon eith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.[Incomplete]
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Mon eith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.[Incomplete]
1/7/1976
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Moneith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching. Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.
Weaver Robert Cawood is at work at his loom in his shop The Village Weaver, at Church and Moneith Sts. The craftsman, who learned his skills in his native Yorkshire, England, has been teaching. Metro residents the crafts of spinning and weaving for 10 years. Classes run one night a week for three months.
1/7/1976
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
6/29/1971
James McGivern: His ancestors came to North America on the Mayflower
James McGivern: His ancestors came to North America on the Mayflower
2/12/1981
Mongols And Turks are related and the ancestors of this Turkish trader came from the Asiatic steppes the Mongols in Inner and Outer Mongolia dominate.(...)
Mongols And Turks are related and the ancestors of this Turkish trader came from the Asiatic steppes the Mongols in Inner and Outer Mongolia dominate.(...)
12/8/1945
Chinese holiday-makers come to worship and burn joss sticks to the memory of their ancestors at a temple of the Bo Lin Ji monastery on Lantau Island w(...)
Chinese holiday-makers come to worship and burn joss sticks to the memory of their ancestors at a temple of the Bo Lin Ji monastery on Lantau Island w(...)
4/1/1972
A Bush Negro village on the Morowijne River in Surinam is much like West African villages where the ancestors of these people were abducted long ago
A Bush Negro village on the Morowijne River in Surinam is much like West African villages where the ancestors of these people were abducted long ago
11/5/1974
A call for action: Senior citizens are not going to be satisfied with hobbies and crafts in their vintage years, says Bert Stollard, in letter below
A call for action: Senior citizens are not going to be satisfied with hobbies and crafts in their vintage years, says Bert Stollard, in letter below
6/16/1981
Self-sufficient: Dennis Mackie demonstrates his new electric wheelchair for members of the Scarborough Glen Stewart IODE, who presented it: From left, Sue Harrison, Anne Lewis, Fran Robinson and Edna Jennison, with his fiancee, Lee Cunningham, Looking on
Self-sufficient: Dennis Mackie demonstrates his new electric wheelchair for members of the Scarborough Glen Stewart IODE, who presented it: From left, Sue Harrison, Anne Lewis, Fran Robinson and Edna Jennison, with his fiancee, Lee Cunningham, Looking on
1/8/1980
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
3/20/1973