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Lured by games
Lured by games

Lured by games

Date5/3/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lured by games: Video games have become an addiction for some students from Danforth Technical High School; here glued to the games at the Happy Sailor Submarine near the school on Greenwood Ave. The school's vice-principal says they're cutting classes; spending their lunch money and even stealing to feed their addiction; and he's cracking down on the younger ones.
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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_0008059F
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Games and sports: being an appendix to "Manly exercises" and "Exercises for ladies" containing the various in-door games and sports, the out-of-door games and sports, those of the seasons, &c. and omitting only games of hazard, and such games or sports as are either frivolous or dangerous
1837
Improved rules for playing Flinch, the acme of parlor games
Improved rules for playing Flinch, the acme of parlor games
1903 circa
P.C. Allan's catalogue and price list of outdoor and indoor games and sports: headquarters for lawn tennis, cricket, football, base ball, lacrosse, bowls, archery, croquet, badminton, etc., etc. : parlor games and amus[ement]s of every description : also tents, hammocks, folding chairs and beds, and useful novelties.
P.C. Allan's catalogue and price list of outdoor and indoor games and sports: headquarters for lawn tennis, cricket, football, base ball, lacrosse, bowls, archery, croquet, badminton, etc., etc. : parlor games and amus[ement]s of every description : also tents, hammocks, folding chairs and beds, and useful novelties.
1892
Sports - Pan Am Games (1979) - Pan American Games (San Juan PR)
Sports - Pan Am Games (1979) - Pan American Games (San Juan PR)
7/5/1979
Trivia buffs Chris Haney, 33, left, a former photo editor, and Scott Abbott, 32, an ex-sports writer, have developed a new board game, Trivial Pursuit, that's sweeping the adult games market
Trivia buffs Chris Haney, 33, left, a former photo editor, and Scott Abbott, 32, an ex-sports writer, have developed a new board game, Trivial Pursuit, that's sweeping the adult games market
11/18/1982
Backgammon Buff Keith Claxton-Olfield, right, explains the fine points of the game to Harry Fiedler, in The Games Room a shop in the concourse of the (...)
Backgammon Buff Keith Claxton-Olfield, right, explains the fine points of the game to Harry Fiedler, in The Games Room a shop in the concourse of the (...)
3/5/1975
Pan Am Games Doug Yeats, Montreal, and Ruben Trytman, Argentina
Pan Am Games Doug Yeats, Montreal, and Ruben Trytman, Argentina
7/8/1979
Marc Cardinal weightlifter at Pan Am Games
Marc Cardinal weightlifter at Pan Am Games
7/9/1979
Equestrians who won Canada's only gold medal in final event of 1968 games, are out final hope this time, too
Equestrians who won Canada's only gold medal in final event of 1968 games, are out final hope this time, too
9/8/1972
Illustration of two mourning dover perched on a bare tree branch. 
A right Merry Christmas, compliments of J. Blizard & Co. toys & games
1886
Illustration of a seagull on a wavy ocean, there are several other seagulls flying in the dista ...
A Merry Christmas to you & yours, compliments of J. Blizard & Co. toys & games
1886
Monica Goermann, Winnipeg at the Pan Am Games, 1979
Monica Goermann, Winnipeg at the Pan Am Games, 1979
7/7/1979