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20s, Show off slim arms while you can
20s, Show off slim arms while you can

20s, Show off slim arms while you can

Date11/7/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: 20s; Show off slim arms while you can. At 22; model Maura Peters goes dancing in the latest gear; including a short figure revealing; silver dress ($60); fanny pack ($18) and silver quilted bomber jacket ($80).
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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_0006845F
A rebel in the '20s - Rev. James G. Endicott was an activist in his college days. While a missionary in China he was never happy with orthodox theolog(...)
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In Nightclubs . . . She's Claudette, in her early 20s and already a show business veteran of sorts-as one of the first go-go dancers in Toronto. Tall (...)
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Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s
Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s
5/9/1977
Daily hundreds of recruits in the Uplands training school march off to class, books under their arms, while trainers fly overhead
Daily hundreds of recruits in the Uplands training school march off to class, books under their arms, while trainers fly overhead
9/20/1941
Call to Arms
Call to Arms
4/11/1996
Salesman Bernie Morin of The Peacock men's shop shows off one of new wide ties, part of a booming new $20 million-a-year business. Output, sales are soaring
Salesman Bernie Morin of The Peacock men's shop shows off one of new wide ties, part of a booming new $20 million-a-year business. Output, sales are soaring
2/27/1970
Right, Blair's double-faced wool coat with kimono colar over tartan jacket and slim skirt
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Worth saving: John Lindsay, who fights to save old movie houses, loves the shells, cornices and moldings fromt he '20s in the Runnymede Theatre on Bloor St
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Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.
Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.
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