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Great buy

Great buy

Date11/23/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Great buy: It took days of searching, but the time and effort paid off - with a $12.57 blue suede winter coat from Salvation Army Thrift Store on Queen St. E. where writer Betty Jane Wylie combed the racks. Wool hat and scarf and gloves weren't as easy to find. though. One set cost $3.99.
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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_0090231F
Power trip: John Cox. managing director of Jaguar Rolls-Royce on Bay, says those who would buy a Bentley are entrepreneurs and professionals who want to buy something that would be an outward sign of their success.
Power trip: John Cox. managing director of Jaguar Rolls-Royce on Bay, says those who would buy a Bentley are entrepreneurs and professionals who want to buy something that would be an outward sign of their success.
9/20/1988
Joe Amaro buys popcorn from Franco Grosso in Kensington Market, an area that adds to Toronto's cosmopolitan air
Joe Amaro buys popcorn from Franco Grosso in Kensington Market, an area that adds to Toronto's cosmopolitan air
9/27/1973
Ford buys edison home. The childhood home of the world famous inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, at Vienna, near St. Thomas, has been purchased by Henry Fo(...)
Ford buys edison home. The childhood home of the world famous inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, at Vienna, near St. Thomas, has been purchased by Henry Fo(...)
6/1/1933
Tailor's dream buys clothes off the rack, James A
Tailor's dream buys clothes off the rack, James A
4/3/1975
They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
12/2/1988
Jessica Govea and Marshall Ganz came to Toronto seven weeks ago to try to convince us not to buy grapes from California companies--because growers there pay their pickers as little as $1,800 a year
Jessica Govea and Marshall Ganz came to Toronto seven weeks ago to try to convince us not to buy grapes from California companies--because growers there pay their pickers as little as $1,800 a year
10/1/1968
Stick it Canada! : buy more victory bonds
Stick it Canada! : buy more victory bonds
Approximately 1917
Wheat farmer Joseph Rennick glumly stalks snow-covered railway track running alongside elevators bursting with grain that no one wants to buy. After 3(...)
Wheat farmer Joseph Rennick glumly stalks snow-covered railway track running alongside elevators bursting with grain that no one wants to buy. After 3(...)
1/16/1970
Goodbye or good buy?
Goodbye or good buy?
10/19/1984
Buy the new Williams sewing machine
Buy the new Williams sewing machine
Approximately 1890
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
11/13/1985
Andrew Alexander: Has option to buy Second City's famous theatre in Chicago
Andrew Alexander: Has option to buy Second City's famous theatre in Chicago
9/1/1983