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Creative challenge: Sydney Samuels, 69, finds portraits in pastels a challenge he can confront in his retirement.
Creative challenge: Sydney Samuels, 69, finds portraits in pastels a challenge he can confront in his retirement.

Creative challenge: Sydney Samuels, 69, finds portraits in pastels a challenge he can confront in his retirement.

Date4/11/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133250F
Max the dachshund, a friend's 5-year-old pet, poses for Oakville artist Noreen Gorham as she competes the dog's portrait in pastels. Most animals don'(...)
Max the dachshund, a friend's 5-year-old pet, poses for Oakville artist Noreen Gorham as she competes the dog's portrait in pastels. Most animals don'(...)
1/31/1977
Tom Samuels, Better Coalition group
Tom Samuels, Better Coalition group
10/17/1994
Regal Toy's Frank Samuels: Canada's top toymaker?
Regal Toy's Frank Samuels: Canada's top toymaker?
9/11/1967
Decorator Gil Rice accepted the challenge to his ingenuity to prove that an abundance of good taste can turn a bachelor apartment in to elegant living quarters
Decorator Gil Rice accepted the challenge to his ingenuity to prove that an abundance of good taste can turn a bachelor apartment in to elegant living quarters
7/26/1971
Veterinarian Ramsay MacDonald finds the cats on his consulting table can have spychological problems - just like people
Veterinarian Ramsay MacDonald finds the cats on his consulting table can have spychological problems - just like people
1/26/1977
Circular Bed is where Savo Bojicie likes to lounge, spread out his papers and do lots of his creative work. The large bedroom area is designed like a small apartment where Savo and his wife can escape from the children and be alone. The bed has subtle light flowing out from underneath and it makes you feel as if you're floating in space, he said.
Circular Bed is where Savo Bojicie likes to lounge, spread out his papers and do lots of his creative work. The large bedroom area is designed like a small apartment where Savo and his wife can escape from the children and be alone. The bed has subtle light flowing out from underneath and it makes you feel as if you're floating in space, he said.
11/6/1974
Cashing in: Sean Shanahan finds he can make more money in a year as an account executive with brokerage house Bache Halsey Stuart than he could as a right winger in the National Hockey League
Cashing in: Sean Shanahan finds he can make more money in a year as an account executive with brokerage house Bache Halsey Stuart than he could as a right winger in the National Hockey League
10/5/1982
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
7/10/1969
Barbara Milne is an artist from Newmarket who works in pastels and pen and ink
Barbara Milne is an artist from Newmarket who works in pastels and pen and ink
7/3/1986
Sidewalk art. Constable Jeff Rogers stops to admire a sketch in pastels of Remberandt's The Man With The Golden Helmet being painted at Queen and Bay (...)
Sidewalk art. Constable Jeff Rogers stops to admire a sketch in pastels of Remberandt's The Man With The Golden Helmet being painted at Queen and Bay (...)
6/25/1980
Passionate pastels from Joyce Wieland
Passionate pastels from Joyce Wieland
2/24/1981
Bertha and Norman Cowan started planning 10 years ago. Both have developed their creative talents and taken up new hobbies for retirement
Bertha and Norman Cowan started planning 10 years ago. Both have developed their creative talents and taken up new hobbies for retirement
5/5/1976