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Recovering: Charlie Patterson, who developed the modern hockey helmet, convalesces by working on parallel bars.
Recovering: Charlie Patterson, who developed the modern hockey helmet, convalesces by working on parallel bars.

Recovering: Charlie Patterson, who developed the modern hockey helmet, convalesces by working on parallel bars.

Date10/25/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0131913F
Charlie Patterson, the 'helmet man', designed safety cap for horses
Charlie Patterson, the 'helmet man', designed safety cap for horses
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After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs
After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs
7/21/1982
From the first day I started at the larvis House I worked as if I owned it,' says Tom Lennox, the exbouncer whose popular restaurant/bars have turned him into a millionaire
From the first day I started at the larvis House I worked as if I owned it,' says Tom Lennox, the exbouncer whose popular restaurant/bars have turned him into a millionaire
1/9/1981
Donald H. Lovell, nely-elected president of the Confectionery Manufacturers Association of Canada, is seen on a visit to packaging assembly line at the candy plant of William Neilson Ltd. on Gladstone Ave. Busy packing Danish bars are Antoinette Cauchi (left) and Gwen Strickland. Lovell, 47, is vice-president of marketing and Candy King - especially of his west-end home neighborhood - and unofficially of Canada.
Donald H. Lovell, nely-elected president of the Confectionery Manufacturers Association of Canada, is seen on a visit to packaging assembly line at the candy plant of William Neilson Ltd. on Gladstone Ave. Busy packing Danish bars are Antoinette Cauchi (left) and Gwen Strickland. Lovell, 47, is vice-president of marketing and Candy King - especially of his west-end home neighborhood - and unofficially of Canada.
6/16/1975
Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year
Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year
1/21/1980
Charlie Martin: Mississauga man with Canadian tank helmet he found on beach when he revisited Normandy in 1953 and a picture of himself as a wounded soldier in 1945
Charlie Martin: Mississauga man with Canadian tank helmet he found on beach when he revisited Normandy in 1953 and a picture of himself as a wounded soldier in 1945
5/31/1984
Robert Lantos: Chairman of Aillance Communications: We ar living in a situation that has no parallel in any other market in the world.
Robert Lantos: Chairman of Aillance Communications: We ar living in a situation that has no parallel in any other market in the world.
1/8/1993
'I know full well that what starts south of the 49th parallel slowly creeps into Canada.'
'I know full well that what starts south of the 49th parallel slowly creeps into Canada.'
10/9/1992
Shooting victim: Jeweller Russell Oliver lies in Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, recovering from a bullet wound in the foot that he received during a holdup at his Yorkville store on Saturday
Shooting victim: Jeweller Russell Oliver lies in Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, recovering from a bullet wound in the foot that he received during a holdup at his Yorkville store on Saturday
4/8/1984
Victim of Beating while he strolle with his wife and daughter on a west end Toronto street, Joe Scapicchio, 54, is recovering in Northwestern General Hospital today after an operation to repair fractured facial bones
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6/22/1970
Boon to industry: Phillip Simmons, head of Eco-Tec, says the system focused on saving money by recovering metals from industrial waste water.
Boon to industry: Phillip Simmons, head of Eco-Tec, says the system focused on saving money by recovering metals from industrial waste water.
12/14/1992
Vivid memories are stirred by these World War I steel helmets, on the left a Canadian tin hat and on the right a German sniper's helmet. L. W. Currell, a businessman and retired lieutenant-colonel, displayed the helmets at a talk on the battle of Vimy Ridge in which Canadian troops distinguished themselves. Currell, a 19-year-old private at the time, told of the battle in Erindale Untied Church last night.
Vivid memories are stirred by these World War I steel helmets, on the left a Canadian tin hat and on the right a German sniper's helmet. L. W. Currell, a businessman and retired lieutenant-colonel, displayed the helmets at a talk on the battle of Vimy Ridge in which Canadian troops distinguished themselves. Currell, a 19-year-old private at the time, told of the battle in Erindale Untied Church last night.
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