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It's a fine clipping -- with real tradition, The barber shop of Nick Rang, right, on Toronto St
It's a fine clipping -- with real tradition, The barber shop of Nick Rang, right, on Toronto St

It's a fine clipping -- with real tradition, The barber shop of Nick Rang, right, on Toronto St

Date7/8/1976
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132552F
Clipping feared: Wendell Pitblado, at work in his barber shop, his afraid his business will be taken over for a fraction of its worth.
Clipping feared: Wendell Pitblado, at work in his barber shop, his afraid his business will be taken over for a fraction of its worth.
5/8/1989
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
12/16/1984
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
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
Getting clipped, Martin Lewis, 77, gets his hair cut by Pasquale Guerriero, owner of Pasquaie Barber Shop at the corner of McCaul and D'Arcy sts.
Getting clipped, Martin Lewis, 77, gets his hair cut by Pasquale Guerriero, owner of Pasquaie Barber Shop at the corner of McCaul and D'Arcy sts.
1/6/1993
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
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
7/13/1977
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
Four generations: Great-granddaughter Karen Barber, 3, granddaughter Lois Barber 28, and daughter Esther Campbell (right) help Judge John Prentice celebrate his 100th birthday yesterday at St
Four generations: Great-granddaughter Karen Barber, 3, granddaughter Lois Barber 28, and daughter Esther Campbell (right) help Judge John Prentice celebrate his 100th birthday yesterday at St
1/19/1986
Owner and craftsman Phillip Trypis, right, and his father George take time to show reporter Janigan around the shop where they make fine b pipes
Owner and craftsman Phillip Trypis, right, and his father George take time to show reporter Janigan around the shop where they make fine b pipes
2/17/1974
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
5/14/1987
Al Peabody: He and his crew interviewed 1,000 people, mostly in barber shops.
Al Peabody: He and his crew interviewed 1,000 people, mostly in barber shops.
1/13/1980