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Only a game
Only a game

Only a game

Date1/5/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Only a game: But it looks like good business to Wayne Fromm; shown here playing narc in his Bathurst St. store. The game; made available just last week; has an antidrug theme with police as good guys.
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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_0008064F
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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
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
Glenda Reiser, in fourth place, is forced to the outside in the semi-final of the women's 1,500-metre race at the Munich Olympic games. Only 17, Glend(...)
Glenda Reiser, in fourth place, is forced to the outside in the semi-final of the women's 1,500-metre race at the Munich Olympic games. Only 17, Glend(...)
1/27/1973
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
Aiming for a good time, Bill Conner, who likes to play a good game of darts once in a while, takes aim during a game at theMid Scarborough Senior Citizens Centre
Aiming for a good time, Bill Conner, who likes to play a good game of darts once in a while, takes aim during a game at theMid Scarborough Senior Citizens Centre
11/4/1986
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
Munich's lavish layout for the 1972 Olympics cost a total of about $620 million, of which the city of Munich contributed only $53 million. In 1976 the(...)
Munich's lavish layout for the 1972 Olympics cost a total of about $620 million, of which the city of Munich contributed only $53 million. In 1976 the(...)
9/14/1972
Canadian Oarsmen who produced our only gold medal in 1964, weren't as fortunate this time
Canadian Oarsmen who produced our only gold medal in 1964, weren't as fortunate this time
9/7/1972
Swimsuited competitors lure crowds of spectators not only in the pool, a sunning Polish athlete finds at Olympic Village
Swimsuited competitors lure crowds of spectators not only in the pool, a sunning Polish athlete finds at Olympic Village
7/21/1976