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Right, make hay while the sun shines with a solar-powered calculator, Mad Company, $36

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Right, make hay while the sun shines with a solar-powered calculator, Mad Company, $36

Date3/23/1988

Names

Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Right; make hay while the sun shines with a solar-powered calculator; Mad Company; $36.

Subject

Electronics

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0005815F

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