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Some SkyDome officials have given away historical artifacts to celebrities visiting the construction site despite a promise to save the archeological finds for the Toronto Historical Board
Some SkyDome officials have given away historical artifacts to celebrities visiting the construction site despite a promise to save the archeological finds for the Toronto Historical Board

Some SkyDome officials have given away historical artifacts to celebrities visiting the construction site despite a promise to save the archeological finds for the Toronto Historical Board

Date12/17/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064874F
Haitian Markets aren't among the world's most orderly places but in them you can find all kinds of hand-made artifacts - as well as cheap manufactured(...)
Haitian Markets aren't among the world's most orderly places but in them you can find all kinds of hand-made artifacts - as well as cheap manufactured(...)
1/18/1975
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
8/1/1973
Perpetual reminders of their adventurous three years travelling round the world surround Dave and Bey Butt in their Willowdale home. The African artifacts were given to the couple in appreciation of their unique help plan.
Perpetual reminders of their adventurous three years travelling round the world surround Dave and Bey Butt in their Willowdale home. The African artifacts were given to the couple in appreciation of their unique help plan.
2/2/1972
Collectors' shop: Larry Becker, owner of Larry Becker's Collectibles Warehouse on Limestone Crescent in North York, shows some of his railroad memorabilia. His inventory includes military and transportation-related artifacts, post cards, coins, newspapers, sheet music and magazines.
Collectors' shop: Larry Becker, owner of Larry Becker's Collectibles Warehouse on Limestone Crescent in North York, shows some of his railroad memorabilia. His inventory includes military and transportation-related artifacts, post cards, coins, newspapers, sheet music and magazines.
10/14/1986
Fowl friends: Ken Quigley displays some of the many avian houseguests sent to him by friends after he complained of a dearth of penguin artifacts.
Fowl friends: Ken Quigley displays some of the many avian houseguests sent to him by friends after he complained of a dearth of penguin artifacts.
6/12/1990
Relics of the old country . . . the D'Souza family with some of the artifacts they brought from Uganda
Relics of the old country . . . the D'Souza family with some of the artifacts they brought from Uganda
1/11/1979
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
Clive Deverath relaxes in a corner of his living-room devoted to a display of African artifacts. On reprints by Joy Adamson who wrote the book, Born Free. He fingers some Masai warrior beads from Kenya. In his job and on his holidays he travels around collecting handmate crafts. They inspire him, he says. [Incomplete]
6/29/1971
Archivist: Randall Reid of Weston, who works at Montgomery's Inn, unveils his newest finds - old pictures of Islington - at a meeting of the Etobicoke Historical Society Thursday
Archivist: Randall Reid of Weston, who works at Montgomery's Inn, unveils his newest finds - old pictures of Islington - at a meeting of the Etobicoke Historical Society Thursday
5/11/1988
Right is Mrs. Philip Givens. Crowds of curious Torontonians clustered along King St. to watch celebrities arrive
Right is Mrs. Philip Givens. Crowds of curious Torontonians clustered along King St. to watch celebrities arrive
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Standing in his DEN Toronto's master limousine driver Lewis Goldblatt is surrounded by photographs of some of the many celebrities he has chauffeured around the city
Standing in his DEN Toronto's master limousine driver Lewis Goldblatt is surrounded by photographs of some of the many celebrities he has chauffeured around the city
4/9/1975
Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
Museum bound: Don McLeish, of the Chelsea Shop, with an English pearlware coffee pot that is part of the collection of artifacts to be presented to the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax
4/25/1987
There are 250 transportation artifacts, ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes, on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86
There are 250 transportation artifacts, ranging from cars to tricycles to running shoes, on the 217-metre frozen Highway 86
4/13/1986