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This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts
This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts

This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts

Date10/28/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Why is this beard smiling? This man is smiling only partly because he expects this year to sell about $2 million worth of absurd T-shirts, like the one he's wearing. He thinks absurdity might also sell a whole line of other products.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059185F
About as crazy as Timothy Eaton-that's how T-shirt tycoon Crazy David Keller comes across
About as crazy as Timothy Eaton-that's how T-shirt tycoon Crazy David Keller comes across
10/28/1974
Keller, David
Keller, David
10/28/1974
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A poster featuring an illustration of a person with long hair and beard.
Crazy David loves you
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The old touch remains, Al Gallow, a Yo-Yo demonstrator in his youth, proves to an admiring gallery of Youngsters. Gallow is now president of the Toronto National Yo-Yo Campany, which expects to sell more than 2 million Yo-Yos to Canadians this year. Last
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4/27/1987
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