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Distracted housewives who have trouble making their food budget meet family needs and balance at the same time really have a case for complaints about(...)
Distracted housewives who have trouble making their food budget meet family needs and balance at the same time really have a case for complaints about(...)

Distracted housewives who have trouble making their food budget meet family needs and balance at the same time really have a case for complaints about(...)

Date9/15/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Distracted housewives who have trouble making their food budget meet family needs and balance at the same time really have a case for complaints about high cost of living. In 1932 $3.01 bought the big pile. Today; $3.02 will get only the small one.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007493F
Making ends meet: Food co-operative store would be advantageous for those trying to meet their food needs on a tight budget, says Doug Holland, president of the Ontario Federation of Food Co-operatives and Clubs
Making ends meet: Food co-operative store would be advantageous for those trying to meet their food needs on a tight budget, says Doug Holland, president of the Ontario Federation of Food Co-operatives and Clubs
6/20/1980
Star Travelling family forum, Today, in The Star's Travelling Family Forum, five Etobicoke housewives, shown at right with Jody Miller, 3, talk about (...)
Star Travelling family forum, Today, in The Star's Travelling Family Forum, five Etobicoke housewives, shown at right with Jody Miller, 3, talk about (...)
4/7/1971
Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment
Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment
2/6/1981
The corn is as high . . ., What we have here is either a farmer who really got into his harvesting and now needs bale-ing out, or it's as corny a joke as you're ever likely to see
The corn is as high . . ., What we have here is either a farmer who really got into his harvesting and now needs bale-ing out, or it's as corny a joke as you're ever likely to see
8/3/1987
Air Canada's motorized cart service, introduced to carry people along the corridors of Terminal 2, seems to have defused most of the complaints about (...)
Air Canada's motorized cart service, introduced to carry people along the corridors of Terminal 2, seems to have defused most of the complaints about (...)
7/19/1973
Volleyball team, made up of Etobicoke housewives who are members of a keep-fit group, traveled to Brampton to play the team at the Vanier Centre for Women. Milton, Ontario
Volleyball team, made up of Etobicoke housewives who are members of a keep-fit group, traveled to Brampton to play the team at the Vanier Centre for Women. Milton, Ontario
4/20/1973
star reader K. B. Danson admits that shopping plazas such as Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke provide pleasure and excitement for housewives who seek to e(...)
star reader K. B. Danson admits that shopping plazas such as Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke provide pleasure and excitement for housewives who seek to e(...)
3/4/1971
So who needs a hut? Really making tracks, Edward Tiltins of Toronto goes ice fishing by driving his car right out onto the middle of Lake Simcoe and s(...)
So who needs a hut? Really making tracks, Edward Tiltins of Toronto goes ice fishing by driving his car right out onto the middle of Lake Simcoe and s(...)
2/13/1974
Housewives, bank tellers and businessmen are among the customers of Jim Paterson, here accepting a wager in an off-track betting shop. There are more than 100 such shops in the province, say police
Housewives, bank tellers and businessmen are among the customers of Jim Paterson, here accepting a wager in an off-track betting shop. There are more than 100 such shops in the province, say police
1/1/1970
Wading in the water and scouring along the banks with rakes and plastic garbage bags, a group 30 York Mills teenagers and housewives does a spring cle(...)
Wading in the water and scouring along the banks with rakes and plastic garbage bags, a group 30 York Mills teenagers and housewives does a spring cle(...)
5/16/1971
A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)
A throng of mourners estimated at 20,000 - school-childen, businessmen, pensioners, housewives, unionists, civil rights leaders and civic officials - (...)
4/10/1968
Managed and manned by housewives is the Airplane Supply Co
Managed and manned by housewives is the Airplane Supply Co
3/21/1943