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Back to beginnings: Robert Shafer stands outside his 140-year-old mill, where he produces lumber and apple cider
Back to beginnings: Robert Shafer stands outside his 140-year-old mill, where he produces lumber and apple cider

Back to beginnings: Robert Shafer stands outside his 140-year-old mill, where he produces lumber and apple cider

Date2/10/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133555F
White house: Home builder Gord Mason stands in front of the 140-year-old Georgian mansion in Etobicoke that has served as his firm's headquarters for 15 years
White house: Home builder Gord Mason stands in front of the 140-year-old Georgian mansion in Etobicoke that has served as his firm's headquarters for 15 years
4/23/1992
Peter Turley, a chief of the Eagle clan, stands at the edge of a lumber clear-cut, where a Gitksan roadblock stopped a logging operation last summer.
Peter Turley, a chief of the Eagle clan, stands at the edge of a lumber clear-cut, where a Gitksan roadblock stopped a logging operation last summer.
3/8/1990
Robert Lantos, left, whose company produces the television series E.N.G., above, is diversifying and looking abroad for new business opportunities.
Robert Lantos, left, whose company produces the television series E.N.G., above, is diversifying and looking abroad for new business opportunities.
10/25/1990
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
6/6/1984
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
7/15/1969
Otto Rieder: Owner of Canada's smallest distillery, at Grimsby, he has specialized in kirsch and fruit brandies, but also produces regular brandies, whisky and vodka
Otto Rieder: Owner of Canada's smallest distillery, at Grimsby, he has specialized in kirsch and fruit brandies, but also produces regular brandies, whisky and vodka
9/21/1981
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
4/6/1987
Ted Cooper repairs exercise machines at home, while Colleen Armstrong produces software with her children looking on.
Ted Cooper repairs exercise machines at home, while Colleen Armstrong produces software with her children looking on.
11/14/1990
Roland Krause of Atomic Energy of Canada, in Mississuga, holds a model of a uranium bundle that cost $700 and, when placed in a nuclear reactor, produces as much energy as 100,000 gallons of oil
Roland Krause of Atomic Energy of Canada, in Mississuga, holds a model of a uranium bundle that cost $700 and, when placed in a nuclear reactor, produces as much energy as 100,000 gallons of oil
11/27/1973
Conrad Richter, who produces the 300-variety seed catalogue of Richter nursery in Goodwood, works with ginger mint herbs in a greenhouse in the nursery's herb farm
Conrad Richter, who produces the 300-variety seed catalogue of Richter nursery in Goodwood, works with ginger mint herbs in a greenhouse in the nursery's herb farm
8/4/1980
Paul Mably, above, produces small marble ornaments at the rear of a deserted house on Shaftesbury Ave
Paul Mably, above, produces small marble ornaments at the rear of a deserted house on Shaftesbury Ave
9/16/1971