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Bat man: Randolph Lee Peterson, the Royal Ontario Museum's expert on bats, holds up a bat known as a flying fox
Bat man: Randolph Lee Peterson, the Royal Ontario Museum's expert on bats, holds up a bat known as a flying fox

Bat man: Randolph Lee Peterson, the Royal Ontario Museum's expert on bats, holds up a bat known as a flying fox

Date10/26/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0132084F
Heavy hitters: Ben Sennik, left, and Carl Masters, two key organizers of the United Way's cricket match at the SkyDome, display the autographed bats they received
Heavy hitters: Ben Sennik, left, and Carl Masters, two key organizers of the United Way's cricket match at the SkyDome, display the autographed bats they received
11/7/1989
John Blakeley: He and two others chased suspect with broom and baseball bats.
John Blakeley: He and two others chased suspect with broom and baseball bats.
2/17/1983
Admiring the baseball bat signed by the Blue Jays and auctioned for $425 are, left to right, lawyers Arlene and Mitchell Wolfe and Michael Bregman of MMMuffins, with his wife Barbara at bat.
Admiring the baseball bat signed by the Blue Jays and auctioned for $425 are, left to right, lawyers Arlene and Mitchell Wolfe and Michael Bregman of MMMuffins, with his wife Barbara at bat.
4/27/1987
Charles Robertson 1993 W/bat Benji
Charles Robertson 1993 W/bat Benji
7/13/1993
Rick soutar: Local resident keeps a baseball bat beside his bed.
Rick soutar: Local resident keeps a baseball bat beside his bed.
5/2/1992
386-Pound Meteorit at Royal Ontario museum. Dr. V. B. Meen si museum's chief mineralogist
386-Pound Meteorit at Royal Ontario museum. Dr. V. B. Meen si museum's chief mineralogist
9/1/1966
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
Showman: Mel Hinde and his company Museum Productions create displays for museums around the world.
Showman: Mel Hinde and his company Museum Productions create displays for museums around the world.
1/27/1993
Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
Hundreds of rocks are displayed in the mineralogy department laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum as Dr. Joseph Mandarino, head of the department, talks with 13-year-old Steven Berdock. Steven began collecting specimens two years ago and is proud of the display he has at home. The museum's collection is one of the fienst in North America and among the best ten in the world.
1/8/1971
Apple expert: Aleck Hutchinson holds up a Rhode Island Greening apple at Montgomery's Inn
Apple expert: Aleck Hutchinson holds up a Rhode Island Greening apple at Montgomery's Inn
11/3/1986
His beef: Michael Davidson of the Kensington Patty Palace holds a stack of what he has known all his life as patties - but which authorities now have told him are meat pies.
His beef: Michael Davidson of the Kensington Patty Palace holds a stack of what he has known all his life as patties - but which authorities now have told him are meat pies.
2/15/1985
Edward Meyer works out of a Toronto office for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! hunting down exhibits for 20 museums around the world
Edward Meyer works out of a Toronto office for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! hunting down exhibits for 20 museums around the world
9/14/1992