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Surprise, mom! guess what's under this, While the parents of Mark Gane, a 21-year-old art student, were on holidays he decided to paper their house fo(...)
Surprise, mom! guess what's under this, While the parents of Mark Gane, a 21-year-old art student, were on holidays he decided to paper their house fo(...)

Surprise, mom! guess what's under this, While the parents of Mark Gane, a 21-year-old art student, were on holidays he decided to paper their house fo(...)

Date7/23/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Surprise; mom! guess what's under this; While the parents of Mark Gane; a 21-year-old art student; were on holidays he decided to paper their house for them-the outside. It took him and five of his friends seven hours to festoon the house; on Princeton Rd. in Etobicoke; with 3;000 feet of scrap wallpaper in 13 different designs. He spent $30 on masking tape and ropes; but the wallpaper was free; from the factory where he's working.
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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_0010588F
The Lilliputian letter-writer : containing a variety of pleasing and interesting epistles from young people to each other, and to their parents and friends
The Lilliputian letter-writer : containing a variety of pleasing and interesting epistles from young people to each other, and to their parents and friends
1821
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Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
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Easter holidays? not at university, While public and high school students enjoy a week off from their studies, some 10,000 University of Toronto stude(...)
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The parents of an 18-year-old Oakville youth shot to death by his best friend in the home of an OPP officer last summer have decided to sue the force (...)
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Biggest paper dryer, Canada's largest paper dryer, this 116-ton, 15-foot high drum is unloaded from a barge at Pier 35 in Toronto harbor. U.S.-made, t(...)
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Dick's holidays and what he did with them : a picture book of country life for young folks
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1883
Taylor Brothers, paper mill, Don R
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Taylor Brothers, paper mill, Don R
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A specimen book of pattern papers designed for and in use at the Curwen press with an introd. by Paul Nash
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Taylor Brothers, paper mill, Don R
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1958-04
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