Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Fun on a small scale. Model train buffs, such as former city planner Steve McLaughlin, above, can spend thousands of dollars on their miniature 'addiction'
Fun on a small scale. Model train buffs, such as former city planner Steve McLaughlin, above, can spend thousands of dollars on their miniature 'addiction'

Fun on a small scale. Model train buffs, such as former city planner Steve McLaughlin, above, can spend thousands of dollars on their miniature 'addiction'

Date9/6/1991
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Fun on a small scale. Model train buffs, such as former city planner Steve McLaughlin, above, can spend thousands of dollars on their miniature 'addiction'
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0067405F
Thousands of history buffs brave the weather
Thousands of history buffs brave the weather
12/12/1976
If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa, it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth(...)
If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa, it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth(...)
2/22/1976
Manu Malcani, vice-president of sevices at wellesley Hospital in downtown Toronto, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by signing a deal directly with western Canadian natural gas suppliers to fuel the institution's massive boiler room
Manu Malcani, vice-president of sevices at wellesley Hospital in downtown Toronto, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by signing a deal directly with western Canadian natural gas suppliers to fuel the institution's massive boiler room
5/14/1990
Together again, Eda Smith Drogo says she spent thousands of dollars in air fares to get her 3-year-old son, Joey, back from a sister-in-law in Sicily (...)
Together again, Eda Smith Drogo says she spent thousands of dollars in air fares to get her 3-year-old son, Joey, back from a sister-in-law in Sicily (...)
4/8/1981
Inge Cant: Mississauga woman spent two years and thousands of dollars searching for her young son
Inge Cant: Mississauga woman spent two years and thousands of dollars searching for her young son
2/8/1983
Thanks from Italy, Archbishop Alfredo Battisti of Friuli, Italy, is in town to thank Metro Italians for sending thousands of dollars in earthquake aid(...)
Thanks from Italy, Archbishop Alfredo Battisti of Friuli, Italy, is in town to thank Metro Italians for sending thousands of dollars in earthquake aid(...)
10/8/1978
Cramped quarters: Despite the millinos of dollars of aid poured into area evastated by last November's quake, thousands of Italians are still living in trailers
Cramped quarters: Despite the millinos of dollars of aid poured into area evastated by last November's quake, thousands of Italians are still living in trailers
10/12/1981
In her quiet way, Lucina Ho has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Metro charities
In her quiet way, Lucina Ho has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Metro charities
9/10/1988
The widow of a Metro policeman killed by a car while on duty, Dianne Lewis, 27, will receive thousands of dollars less in pensions than widows of two (...)
The widow of a Metro policeman killed by a car while on duty, Dianne Lewis, 27, will receive thousands of dollars less in pensions than widows of two (...)
10/5/1972
Tables, in dollars and cents, showing the interest, at 6 and 7 percent, on any sum, from one dollar to ten thousand dollars, from one day to three hun(...)
Tables, in dollars and cents, showing the interest, at 6 and 7 percent, on any sum, from one dollar to ten thousand dollars, from one day to three hun(...)
1857
The eighth annual model railroad show at the Queen Elizabeth Building on the weekend gave buffs a treat
The eighth annual model railroad show at the Queen Elizabeth Building on the weekend gave buffs a treat
3/12/1983
Vintage cars attract actor. Car buffs Lex Barker flew into Toronto Monday for a brief visit on his way to Los Angeles from Montreal. The former movie (...)
Vintage cars attract actor. Car buffs Lex Barker flew into Toronto Monday for a brief visit on his way to Los Angeles from Montreal. The former movie (...)
5/7/1973