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A stitch in time: Max Ruben (left) and his brother Gordon stand in the tailor shop their father opened 68 years ago.
A stitch in time: Max Ruben (left) and his brother Gordon stand in the tailor shop their father opened 68 years ago.

A stitch in time: Max Ruben (left) and his brother Gordon stand in the tailor shop their father opened 68 years ago.

Date12/9/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133084F
Tailor Gordon Ruben spends a lot of time matching his customers' clothes to their personalities.
Tailor Gordon Ruben spends a lot of time matching his customers' clothes to their personalities.
1/1/1978
Stack 'emhigh: Hy Himmel, left, and Sel Goldstein stand in their first supermarket drug store, opened seven years ago in Mississauga
Stack 'emhigh: Hy Himmel, left, and Sel Goldstein stand in their first supermarket drug store, opened seven years ago in Mississauga
4/23/1987
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
7/25/1984
Novelty salesman Sam Ruben and his wife have everything handy for making the New Year's celebration a colorful and noisy one
Novelty salesman Sam Ruben and his wife have everything handy for making the New Year's celebration a colorful and noisy one
12/1/1964
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
9/3/1970
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
12/30/1987
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
8/4/1988
Adventure centre: Evan Efston balances a miniature moon on the tips of his fingers at Efstonscience, a store he opened in North York about nine years ago.
Adventure centre: Evan Efston balances a miniature moon on the tips of his fingers at Efstonscience, a store he opened in North York about nine years ago.
11/18/1981
Friendly butcher: Roy Nelson stands behind the counter of nelson's Meats and Groceries, the Willowdale butcher shop started by his father In 1920, in what was then the hamlet of Lansing
Friendly butcher: Roy Nelson stands behind the counter of nelson's Meats and Groceries, the Willowdale butcher shop started by his father In 1920, in what was then the hamlet of Lansing
3/6/1984
A tailor for 53 years, Louis Stekel is retiring Wednesday, insisting I'm only 79 although his son says he's 80
A tailor for 53 years, Louis Stekel is retiring Wednesday, insisting I'm only 79 although his son says he's 80
12/2/1973
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