Locked on success: The United Way's 1990 campaign chairman is as comfortable in Toronto's corporate boardrooms as he is dressed as a clown in the Santa Claus parade

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Locked on success: The United Way's 1990 campaign chairman is as comfortable in Toronto's corporate boardrooms as he is dressed as a clown in the Santa Claus parade

Date6/8/1989

Names

Barbaro, Ron (subject)

Gardner, Scott (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Locked on success: The United Way's 1990 campaign chairman is as comfortable in Toronto's corporate boardrooms as he is dressed as a clown in the Santa Claus parade.

Subject

Zoo directors

Portraits

Businessmen

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030700F

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