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Avard Porter, 75, and a barber for 60 years, gives a trim to customer Forrester Lowe
Avard Porter, 75, and a barber for 60 years, gives a trim to customer Forrester Lowe

Avard Porter, 75, and a barber for 60 years, gives a trim to customer Forrester Lowe

Date3/29/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132273F
Precision cut: Barber Joe Mager gives long-time customer Jimmy roszier, 73, a haicut in his faded, old-fashioned barber shop on Bathurst St
Precision cut: Barber Joe Mager gives long-time customer Jimmy roszier, 73, a haicut in his faded, old-fashioned barber shop on Bathurst St
5/14/1987
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
7/5/1973
On his first visit to a barber in two years Richard Barnes has the finishing touches put on his brush cut and beard trim by Al Puma at Toronto Barbering School, Puma used to be called a barber but, to survive in these long-hair days, he's had to become a
On his first visit to a barber in two years Richard Barnes has the finishing touches put on his brush cut and beard trim by Al Puma at Toronto Barbering School, Puma used to be called a barber but, to survive in these long-hair days, he's had to become a
10/23/1974
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
2/19/1987
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
For 40 years Cec Goodman has been delivering milk in Rosedale and he's known some of his customers so long that if they forget to leave a note, he checks the fridge himself and gives them what they need
2/19/1987
Street philosopher: Joe Leone, a retired Toronto barber, still gives haircuts to friends like Glen Wright, above, in his West End Junk shop, Crazy Joe's Flea Market
Street philosopher: Joe Leone, a retired Toronto barber, still gives haircuts to friends like Glen Wright, above, in his West End Junk shop, Crazy Joe's Flea Market
3/27/1984
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Capt. Bill Bristow tried out retirement in Florida when he officially left Air Canada four years ago. But the active former airline pilot soon discovered that the lazy life was not for him, so now he runs a business which gives badly needed advice to people heading out on holidays. Now Bristow is where the action is
Capt. Bill Bristow tried out retirement in Florida when he officially left Air Canada four years ago. But the active former airline pilot soon discovered that the lazy life was not for him, so now he runs a business which gives badly needed advice to people heading out on holidays. Now Bristow is where the action is
10/24/1973
Mad hatter: Here's Peter Pesce, right, the 60-year-old waiter going on 18, who keeps customers in stitches with dirty tricks and endless jokes
Mad hatter: Here's Peter Pesce, right, the 60-year-old waiter going on 18, who keeps customers in stitches with dirty tricks and endless jokes
10/23/1979
Best customer of North York Library's Mobile Outreach service is 60-year-old heart victim Hyman Ser, being shown some books by librarian Chris Baird, who is in charge of the service
Best customer of North York Library's Mobile Outreach service is 60-year-old heart victim Hyman Ser, being shown some books by librarian Chris Baird, who is in charge of the service
12/28/1976
Changed times: The girlie pictures will soon be off the wall of Andrew Beierle's Sherbourne St. shop, as the 82-year-old barber hangs up his shears after 70 years in business.
Changed times: The girlie pictures will soon be off the wall of Andrew Beierle's Sherbourne St. shop, as the 82-year-old barber hangs up his shears after 70 years in business.
5/16/1981
Barber at Hart house for 41 years, Roy Mahood chuckles over his experiences while cutting the hair of engineering student Thomas Jelinowicz yesterday
Barber at Hart house for 41 years, Roy Mahood chuckles over his experiences while cutting the hair of engineering student Thomas Jelinowicz yesterday
3/10/1977