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Home on the farm: Amy Palermo, Mona Harrison and Peter Thorn pose with Dabbles the duck in front of their newly purchased farmhouse.
Home on the farm: Amy Palermo, Mona Harrison and Peter Thorn pose with Dabbles the duck in front of their newly purchased farmhouse.

Home on the farm: Amy Palermo, Mona Harrison and Peter Thorn pose with Dabbles the duck in front of their newly purchased farmhouse.

Date7/3/1988
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134852F
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
Seniors' band: Retired neurologist Dr. John Maxwell, 80, leader of Dr. John's Big Band Sound, poses with his quitar in front of a wall in his home covered with record album covers. The 16-piece band - alll but two of the members are retired - plays for seniors and at chartiable events.
Seniors' band: Retired neurologist Dr. John Maxwell, 80, leader of Dr. John's Big Band Sound, poses with his quitar in front of a wall in his home covered with record album covers. The 16-piece band - alll but two of the members are retired - plays for seniors and at chartiable events.
11/5/1986
All ready: Micheal Mutzk, an offical of the United Ukrainian Canadaians, his wife, singer Sophia Romanko, and Marge Hunchik (left) are under the watchful eye of peasant-poet Taras Shevchenko in the camp near Palermo, where Ukrainian-Canadians will celebrate tomorrow
All ready: Micheal Mutzk, an offical of the United Ukrainian Canadaians, his wife, singer Sophia Romanko, and Marge Hunchik (left) are under the watchful eye of peasant-poet Taras Shevchenko in the camp near Palermo, where Ukrainian-Canadians will celebrate tomorrow
7/2/1981
Bright and cosy living room of the Parker home near Aurora was made out of the original kitchen of the ancient farmhouse Col
Bright and cosy living room of the Parker home near Aurora was made out of the original kitchen of the ancient farmhouse Col
5/7/1970
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
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
8/8/1977
Sweet success: Tom Chudleigh of Chudleigh's Apple Farm, near Milton, poses with some ears of a new strain of super sweet corn, which has the ability to stay sweeter long that other types of corn.
Sweet success: Tom Chudleigh of Chudleigh's Apple Farm, near Milton, poses with some ears of a new strain of super sweet corn, which has the ability to stay sweeter long that other types of corn.
8/8/1987
Group hysteria sparked the stock market's steep price declines two weeks ago, partly because financial analysts only talk to each other, says 42-year-old Peter Spark, newly elected president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts
Group hysteria sparked the stock market's steep price declines two weeks ago, partly because financial analysts only talk to each other, says 42-year-old Peter Spark, newly elected president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts
6/4/1970
Peter Harrison - Math teacher
Peter Harrison - Math teacher
11/1/1995
Special Specs, Optician Mel Rapp, who operates Rapp Optical on College St., adjusts a pair of Papilion-style glasses that he purchased in Paris.
Special Specs, Optician Mel Rapp, who operates Rapp Optical on College St., adjusts a pair of Papilion-style glasses that he purchased in Paris.
4/4/1991
Dome owners: Cosimo Crupi, centre, and his brother Michael, right, are the newest investors in the SkyDome consortium. The Crupis, shown with brother Frank, left, purchased their $6.15 million share in memory of their father, Domenic.
Dome owners: Cosimo Crupi, centre, and his brother Michael, right, are the newest investors in the SkyDome consortium. The Crupis, shown with brother Frank, left, purchased their $6.15 million share in memory of their father, Domenic.
7/13/1989
Dana L Sweeny poses in front of the collection of antiques he brought with him from Nova Scotia. Most are English.
Dana L Sweeny poses in front of the collection of antiques he brought with him from Nova Scotia. Most are English.
3/18/1969