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Shouting questions at board of control meeting, demanding to know when - if ever - the city planned to go ahead with redevelopment in the Trefann Court area, landlord Abe Solomon (left) threatened he would evict tenants and level the houses himself

Shouting questions at board of control meeting, demanding to know when - if ever - the city planned to go ahead with redevelopment in the Trefann Court area, landlord Abe Solomon (left) threatened he would evict tenants and level the houses himself

2/8/1968

Arthur Keay, a retired veteran of the Toronto police force, suggests a policeman should use his boots and his club more often than he does.

Arthur Keay, a retired veteran of the Toronto police force, suggests a policeman should use his boots and his club more often than he does.

8/27/1970

We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d

We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d

2/8/1978

Steven Solomon - Social worker

Steven Solomon - Social worker

11/18/1997

Riding high: John Cox, owner of a Toronto luxury-car dealership, displays one of his brisk-selling Rolls-Royces. He settled in Canada after his British boss wouldn't promote him to salesman because of his Cockney accent.

Riding high: John Cox, owner of a Toronto luxury-car dealership, displays one of his brisk-selling Rolls-Royces. He settled in Canada after his British boss wouldn't promote him to salesman because of his Cockney accent.

11/18/1987

Wondering whaat happened to this boot and shoe testing facility at the Ontario Research Foundation (ORF) is about to test them for materials failure

Wondering whaat happened to this boot and shoe testing facility at the Ontario Research Foundation (ORF) is about to test them for materials failure

8/2/1974

Norair Kassabian sits on deck. His job: To guard four $5 million ships over the winter

Norair Kassabian sits on deck. His job: To guard four $5 million ships over the winter

1/1/1973

Larry Solomon, of Environmnetal Funds, gives his favorite tree a squeeze.

Larry Solomon, of Environmnetal Funds, gives his favorite tree a squeeze.

10/2/1989

Dr. Murray Katz. 700 drugs . . . 20,000 names

Dr. Murray Katz. 700 drugs . . . 20,000 names

3/25/1975

Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient

Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient

4/27/1984

Art collector Leon Katz, right, entertained sculptor-teacher Aileen Cowan, left, and her class from the U of T Extension Division this week

Art collector Leon Katz, right, entertained sculptor-teacher Aileen Cowan, left, and her class from the U of T Extension Division this week

1/29/1974

11/17/1993

Greta Garbo, star of another era, looks down on Univeristy of Toronto Professor Lewis Feuer and his new book while he explains his theory that the generation gap is behind today's student unrest.

Greta Garbo, star of another era, looks down on Univeristy of Toronto Professor Lewis Feuer and his new book while he explains his theory that the generation gap is behind today's student unrest.

3/26/1969

Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations

Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations

9/20/1978

Is this possible? If you want to try putting a needle through a balloon without breaking it, you may need quite a few balloons, but lawyer Marvin Somers, whose outside-the-court legerdermain also includes mind-reading, knows the secret

Is this possible? If you want to try putting a needle through a balloon without breaking it, you may need quite a few balloons, but lawyer Marvin Somers, whose outside-the-court legerdermain also includes mind-reading, knows the secret

10/11/1984

Car-Wash Foreman Pat Nolan. A job is a job, he says

Car-Wash Foreman Pat Nolan. A job is a job, he says

11/3/1976

William Nolen: Shortly after my 50th birthday, my life began to fall apart.

William Nolen: Shortly after my 50th birthday, my life began to fall apart.

11/2/1984

8/7/1990

Underground: For 23 years Bob Nolan's driven subway trains for the Toronto Transit Commission

Underground: For 23 years Bob Nolan's driven subway trains for the Toronto Transit Commission

8/18/1981

There was a cloak and dagger mood at a meeting Toronto physics professor Eric Fawcett had in Moscow with group of refusniks, Jewish scientists banned from laboratories because they have applied to emigrate to Isralel. Fawcett and other scientists talked t

There was a cloak and dagger mood at a meeting Toronto physics professor Eric Fawcett had in Moscow with group of refusniks, Jewish scientists banned from laboratories because they have applied to emigrate to Isralel. Fawcett and other scientists talked t

4/27/1977