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Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider
Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider

Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider

Date8/6/1979
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0133812F
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
7/30/1991
Victorian locomotive is solid wood. Anthony Lazaek reflects current trend to collect old toys.
Victorian locomotive is solid wood. Anthony Lazaek reflects current trend to collect old toys.
8/3/1972
Below, Marcus O'Hara, owner of The Squeeze Club restaurant, has 2,000 squeeze toys
Below, Marcus O'Hara, owner of The Squeeze Club restaurant, has 2,000 squeeze toys
8/23/1989
Regal Toy's Frank Samuels: Canada's top toymaker?
Regal Toy's Frank Samuels: Canada's top toymaker?
9/11/1967
The jury: Children aged 2 1/2 to 5 enrolled in the Fisher-Price nursery school are given toys being designed by the company to play with under the supervision of a teacher such as Kathleen Alfano, above left
The jury: Children aged 2 1/2 to 5 enrolled in the Fisher-Price nursery school are given toys being designed by the company to play with under the supervision of a teacher such as Kathleen Alfano, above left
4/22/1982
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
3/6/1985
Christopher Cusing, researcher for the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies, has found celebrity as a war expert, but he worked summers in the box office at Stratford. He was never, he says, into war toys.
Christopher Cusing, researcher for the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies, has found celebrity as a war expert, but he worked summers in the box office at Stratford. He was never, he says, into war toys.
1/24/1991
David and Shar Larmour leave shortly. They will teach Eskimos how to make toys
David and Shar Larmour leave shortly. They will teach Eskimos how to make toys
11/12/1974
Toys and puzzles, used to deal with special problems of perceptually handicapped children, are demonstrated by Alan Howarth at the private school he opened yesterday
Toys and puzzles, used to deal with special problems of perceptually handicapped children, are demonstrated by Alan Howarth at the private school he opened yesterday
2/3/1970
Kiddle gifts: Henry Lim, vice-president of operaions with Merryland Toys Ltd
Kiddle gifts: Henry Lim, vice-president of operaions with Merryland Toys Ltd
12/20/1982
Will the real fit-man please stand up? In Monday's Life section a story about Brian Haring and his toys for lazy slobs contained he wrong picture of him
Will the real fit-man please stand up? In Monday's Life section a story about Brian Haring and his toys for lazy slobs contained he wrong picture of him
12/15/1983
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
11/9/1990