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Winning a prize is just like a sweepstakes,' says scientist John Tuzo Wilson on receiving the Vetlesen Gold Medal from a Columbia University jury. 'Ma(...)
Winning a prize is just like a sweepstakes,' says scientist John Tuzo Wilson on receiving the Vetlesen Gold Medal from a Columbia University jury. 'Ma(...)

Winning a prize is just like a sweepstakes,' says scientist John Tuzo Wilson on receiving the Vetlesen Gold Medal from a Columbia University jury. 'Ma(...)

Date2/28/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Winning a prize is just like a sweepstakes,' says scientist John Tuzo Wilson on receiving the Vetlesen Gold Medal from a Columbia University jury. 'Many do the work and only one gets the award. Its' not fair.'
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089582F
Telling signs, John Polanyi, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, stays in Toronto, but says ambitious scientists would be well advised to leave Cananda. Ch(...)
Telling signs, John Polanyi, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, stays in Toronto, but says ambitious scientists would be well advised to leave Cananda. Ch(...)
12/23/1976
The answer to a prayer, is what Mrs. Audrey Walked of Inglewood called her winning of $121,50 in the Irish sweepstakes hospital. Mrs. Walker, shown wi(...)
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3/27/1971
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A $115,000 winner in the Irish Sweepstakes, Genesio Porretta kisses the winning ticket while his wife, Concetta, and their daughters, Annamaria, 3, an(...)
3/24/1974
Mrs. Anne Wright, Long Branch biscuit-packer, triumphantly holds Irish sweepstakes ticket that won her $30,000 and says delightedly Isn't it beautiful?
Mrs. Anne Wright, Long Branch biscuit-packer, triumphantly holds Irish sweepstakes ticket that won her $30,000 and says delightedly Isn't it beautiful?
4/5/1967
A bank marked Retirement Fund holds only pennies, Florence Sharpe says as she tries to put in the ticket with which she won $115, 000 in the Irish Sweepstakes
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3/24/1974
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3/25/1970
Winner of $120,000, The same day that he won $120,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes-Saturday-John van den Hoogen (front) moves into a new house in Burlingt(...)
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7/2/1972
Winner of $120,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes Derby Saturday, Ruby Mayes is surrounded by husband Thomas and (from the left) son Jim, 16, son Tom, 18, s(...)
Winner of $120,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes Derby Saturday, Ruby Mayes is surrounded by husband Thomas and (from the left) son Jim, 16, son Tom, 18, s(...)
7/2/1972
Student accountant Michael Speirs, 20, (centre) of Agincourt was roused from bed today to be told he has won $123,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes run tod(...)
Student accountant Michael Speirs, 20, (centre) of Agincourt was roused from bed today to be told he has won $123,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes run tod(...)
3/24/1973
All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
6/20/1971
John Polanyi, Nobel Prize-winning scientist angry over lack of research funds
John Polanyi, Nobel Prize-winning scientist angry over lack of research funds
10/15/1986
They'll share $125,000 won today by 82-year-old Jack Hewson (left), on the Irish Sweepstakes ticket given to him by Gordon Drewe as a Valentine's Day (...)
They'll share $125,000 won today by 82-year-old Jack Hewson (left), on the Irish Sweepstakes ticket given to him by Gordon Drewe as a Valentine's Day (...)
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