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Bright idea: Some 120,000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs
Bright idea: Some 120,000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs

Bright idea: Some 120,000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs

Date9/12/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bright idea: Some 120;000 consumers have got rebates on energy-efficient light bulbs.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005808F
Holiday spirit short-circuited, On Christmas Day there were 100 bright, sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murra(...)
Holiday spirit short-circuited, On Christmas Day there were 100 bright, sparkling light bulbs on Christmas trees in front of the home of William Murra(...)
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Image of a lit lightbulb
Toronto Electric Light Company reliable service
Approximately 1886
Electromagnetic testing: Tara Kochanowsky and Ronald Piet charge up to $400 to conduct tests for hidden electromagnetic energy fields as they are doing here in a bedroom of a house
Electromagnetic testing: Tara Kochanowsky and Ronald Piet charge up to $400 to conduct tests for hidden electromagnetic energy fields as they are doing here in a bedroom of a house
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High on a hill: Conventional electricity is only used for light bulbs, stereo, television and appliances in this 65-foot tall, 3,000 square feet home
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12/27/1990
Don't floor it. Consumer Relations Minister Frank Drea takes to the wheel of an (super-efficient) electric car in the Civic Centre yesterday, part of Energy Action Week
Don't floor it. Consumer Relations Minister Frank Drea takes to the wheel of an (super-efficient) electric car in the Civic Centre yesterday, part of Energy Action Week
9/22/1980
To L.R. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of Allied Collection Agencies, for remainging unfrffled despite his company's freqent appaearance in the columns of help wanted. Allied agreed to stop dunning Orfeo Avaro for $4.60 when help wanted pointed out that Mrs. Avaro was sure he had never ordered lihgt bulbs by mail and, when they did arrive, had promptly mailed them back. In his next appearance, Mr. Saunders sent $3,71 to the STar Wilson had mistakely overpaid.
To L.R. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of Allied Collection Agencies, for remainging unfrffled despite his company's freqent appaearance in the columns of help wanted. Allied agreed to stop dunning Orfeo Avaro for $4.60 when help wanted pointed out that Mrs. Avaro was sure he had never ordered lihgt bulbs by mail and, when they did arrive, had promptly mailed them back. In his next appearance, Mr. Saunders sent $3,71 to the STar Wilson had mistakely overpaid.
12/21/1979
Bulbs for ye garden
Bulbs for ye garden
Approximately 1900s
Dutch bulbs for fall planting : autumn 1905
Dutch bulbs for fall planting : autumn 1905
1905
Tulips for Terry. Grade 8 students at Ursuline School in North York were only part of the group that planted tulip bulbs to raise more than $900 for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
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9/25/1980
Simmers' annual autumn catalogue of bulbs, plants, seeds, etc.
Simmers' annual autumn catalogue of bulbs, plants, seeds, etc.
1913
Chandeliers in the main lobby-this one weighs three-quarters of a ton and was built to contain 70 bulbs of 50 watts each-are to be refurbished and hav(...)
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10/18/1973
Watt's up? Alex Prosser, Canada Life electrician, spends part of his time making sure the 1,500 long-life 40 watt bulbs on the building's weather beac(...)
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