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Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school

Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school

Date11/27/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132413F
Limited line: Jane Wilson, left, and Simon Clery model of the clothes sold in his boutique at Queen's Quay Terminal. The store carries only sweat shirts, baseball jackets, pants, shorts, tank-tops and short-sleeve cotton shirts bearing the logo of the Upper Canada Brewing Co.
Limited line: Jane Wilson, left, and Simon Clery model of the clothes sold in his boutique at Queen's Quay Terminal. The store carries only sweat shirts, baseball jackets, pants, shorts, tank-tops and short-sleeve cotton shirts bearing the logo of the Upper Canada Brewing Co.
4/25/1988
Teen queen from Windsor, Miss Teen Canada 1976, chosen last night from 28 finalists, is Shelley Lynn Homick, 1 16-year-old Windsor high school student who wants to be a fashion designer and model
Teen queen from Windsor, Miss Teen Canada 1976, chosen last night from 28 finalists, is Shelley Lynn Homick, 1 16-year-old Windsor high school student who wants to be a fashion designer and model
3/9/1976
Cover has text in varied font type, decorative elements, no illustrations
List of goods for immediate delivery: gloves and mitts, sheepskin-lined coats, blizzard-proof and working clothing, working and outing shirts, moccasins and larrigans, woollen mitts and socks: fall 1914
1914
Catalogue no. 6 : tents, flags, awnings, horse blankets, tarpaulins, mackinaw clothing, shirts, underwear, socks, etc.
Catalogue no. 6 : tents, flags, awnings, horse blankets, tarpaulins, mackinaw clothing, shirts, underwear, socks, etc.
1917
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
7/5/1984
Peter Statner in his $40,000 shirt
Peter Statner in his $40,000 shirt
1/31/1979
Alan Goouch: His new Cumberland St. store carries Save The Retailers T-shirts.
Alan Goouch: His new Cumberland St. store carries Save The Retailers T-shirts.
7/23/1992
Suit and shirts, Stiff but happy, NDP leader Bob Rae, top, invariably keeps his suit jacket on while Tory Mike Harris, centre, and Liberal David Peterson are more casual on the campaign trail
Suit and shirts, Stiff but happy, NDP leader Bob Rae, top, invariably keeps his suit jacket on while Tory Mike Harris, centre, and Liberal David Peterson are more casual on the campaign trail
8/7/1990
Suit and shirts: Stiff but happy, NDP leader Bob Rae, top, invariably keeps his suit jacket on while Tory Mike Harris, centre, and Liberal David Peterson are more casual on the campaign trail
Suit and shirts: Stiff but happy, NDP leader Bob Rae, top, invariably keeps his suit jacket on while Tory Mike Harris, centre, and Liberal David Peterson are more casual on the campaign trail
8/4/1990
After 20 years of climbing to the top of TV news as the $250,000-a-year face and voice of CBS, Walter Cronkite still regards himself as a shirt-sleeve(...)
After 20 years of climbing to the top of TV news as the $250,000-a-year face and voice of CBS, Walter Cronkite still regards himself as a shirt-sleeve(...)
4/17/1971
Eagerly looking forward to a 1,500-mile trip to Toronto this year, three eleven year old Cree youngsters at Muskrat Dam don Toronto T-shirts given them by a Star Photographer
Eagerly looking forward to a 1,500-mile trip to Toronto this year, three eleven year old Cree youngsters at Muskrat Dam don Toronto T-shirts given them by a Star Photographer
3/16/1980
This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts
This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts
10/28/1974