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James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.
James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.

James Foster, optician, mathematical instrument maker, 71 King Street West, Toronto, Ont.

Date1899
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Medium
Dimensions22 x 14.3 cm, 1Pages (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number1899-FOSTER-SB
Headquarters for Scientific Instruments
Headquarters for Scientific Instruments
approx 1929
The J.F. Hartz Co. surgical instruments
The J.F. Hartz Co. surgical instruments
Approximately 1900
S.A. Spangenberg
S.A. Spangenberg
approx 1880s
Colour trade card advertisement depicting a girl in a bonnet with caption, "S.A. Spangenberg// ...
S.A. Spangenberg
approx 1880s
His body functions monitored by special instruments that measure his temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and chemical balance, a patient in the ne(...)
His body functions monitored by special instruments that measure his temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and chemical balance, a patient in the ne(...)
3/2/1970
Receipt of customer John Lauder Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
Bought of Dunspaugh & Watson drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints, oils, putty, colours, patent dryers, brushes of all kinds, varnishes, naval stores, dye-stuffs, glassware, artist materials, surgical instruments, patent medicines, perfumery, fancy goods, &c. &c.
1867
Formerly Dunspaugh & Watson. Receipt of customer John Lauder Esq. Part of Morris Norman donatio ...
Bought of J.L. Margach & Co., drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints, oils, putty, colours, patent dryers, brushes of all kinds, varnishes, naval stores, dye-stuffs, glassware, artist materials, surgical instruments, patent medicines, perfumery, fancy goods, &c. &c.
1870
Fine tuning: Dye maker Ivan Duric tinkers with new plastic electrical arm that's almost ready to be tested on humans
Fine tuning: Dye maker Ivan Duric tinkers with new plastic electrical arm that's almost ready to be tested on humans
2/9/1982
Catalogue of optical, mathematical and philosophical instruments and school apparatus, imported, manufactured, and sold by A.F. Potter, Toronto C.W., (...)
Catalogue of optical, mathematical and philosophical instruments and school apparatus, imported, manufactured, and sold by A.F. Potter, Toronto C.W., (...)
1861
A victim of the lung disease emphysema, Hilliard Thompson Biggar walks along the street with his portable oxygen system
A victim of the lung disease emphysema, Hilliard Thompson Biggar walks along the street with his portable oxygen system
10/21/1970
Jack Tootill holds a nuclear-powered heart pacer like the one, Canada's first, he received in an operation yesterday at Toronto General Hospital. It'll last 10 years
Jack Tootill holds a nuclear-powered heart pacer like the one, Canada's first, he received in an operation yesterday at Toronto General Hospital. It'll last 10 years
10/9/1973
Help for the Heart, Wearing nose mask that uses his body heart to warm the air he breathes, heart patient Denis Colwell leaves Toronto's Rumsey Road R(...)
Help for the Heart, Wearing nose mask that uses his body heart to warm the air he breathes, heart patient Denis Colwell leaves Toronto's Rumsey Road R(...)
2/4/1970