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There are seldom extras or luxuries on the dinner table at the home of Sam and Jean Schott, who, with their four children, live in an Ontario Housing project on Kingston Rd
There are seldom extras or luxuries on the dinner table at the home of Sam and Jean Schott, who, with their four children, live in an Ontario Housing project on Kingston Rd

There are seldom extras or luxuries on the dinner table at the home of Sam and Jean Schott, who, with their four children, live in an Ontario Housing project on Kingston Rd

Date4/8/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133428F
You can't judge a book by its cover price, says Book Barn owner Cary Grant (above), who turns publishers' extras into bargains.
You can't judge a book by its cover price, says Book Barn owner Cary Grant (above), who turns publishers' extras into bargains.
2/12/1980
It's a full table when Mary and Edward Pentecost have dinner with their seven children who are at home, at Bramalea - four foster children and three natural
It's a full table when Mary and Edward Pentecost have dinner with their seven children who are at home, at Bramalea - four foster children and three natural
1/19/1972
The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
5/6/1981
Life's Luxuries: From shoeshines to trips to spots like the British Virgin islands, there are all kinds of benefits available to federal lawmakers
Life's Luxuries: From shoeshines to trips to spots like the British Virgin islands, there are all kinds of benefits available to federal lawmakers
7/24/1975
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
12/30/1968
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt stand in front of their house, on Kingston Rd. near Brimley Rd., which will soon be pulled down to make way for a senior citizens' home. The 10-room house, made of hand-made brick, was built in 1830.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt stand in front of their house, on Kingston Rd. near Brimley Rd., which will soon be pulled down to make way for a senior citizens' home. The 10-room house, made of hand-made brick, was built in 1830.
4/15/1973
Tough fighter: It's been a long and arduous haul, but Mike Marks, 80, who's president of the board of directors of the Dorothy Klein senior's housing project, is proud of what the board has accomplished
Tough fighter: It's been a long and arduous haul, but Mike Marks, 80, who's president of the board of directors of the Dorothy Klein senior's housing project, is proud of what the board has accomplished
8/18/1986
Mr. Batcrest' Sam Ruth, former head of the Baycrest Centre, will be honored Wednesday at a dinner raising money for a Chinese nursing home. Planners include, from left, Sandra Wise, Josephine Chan, Linda Shapiro, Ruth Joseph Wong, Shira Herzog Bessin an
Mr. Batcrest' Sam Ruth, former head of the Baycrest Centre, will be honored Wednesday at a dinner raising money for a Chinese nursing home. Planners include, from left, Sandra Wise, Josephine Chan, Linda Shapiro, Ruth Joseph Wong, Shira Herzog Bessin an
5/17/1988
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
1/3/1974
It has to be widened, says Metro traffic commissioner Sam Cass of the Don Valley Parkway as he stands on footbridge crossing it at Riverdale Zoo. Planners estimate it will cost $15 million to widen parkway an extra two lanes, and it's not the right solution adds Cass. In addition, two other street widening programs will cost another $9 million. Cass blames halting of the Spadina Expressway.
It has to be widened, says Metro traffic commissioner Sam Cass of the Don Valley Parkway as he stands on footbridge crossing it at Riverdale Zoo. Planners estimate it will cost $15 million to widen parkway an extra two lanes, and it's not the right solution adds Cass. In addition, two other street widening programs will cost another $9 million. Cass blames halting of the Spadina Expressway.
11/12/1971
Seeking wider horizons: Sam Savona, who has cerebral palsy, lives around the corner from a subway station, but has never been able to ride the train because he uses a wheelchair
Seeking wider horizons: Sam Savona, who has cerebral palsy, lives around the corner from a subway station, but has never been able to ride the train because he uses a wheelchair
5/25/1989