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Polished job: Carmen Liscio of De Francesco Hairstyling and Shoeshine puts the final buff on Jane Hess' boots.
Polished job: Carmen Liscio of De Francesco Hairstyling and Shoeshine puts the final buff on Jane Hess' boots.

Polished job: Carmen Liscio of De Francesco Hairstyling and Shoeshine puts the final buff on Jane Hess' boots.

Date5/3/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129497F
Right, hairdresser Elmer Olsen is a bits and pieces dresser. He's paired puttee - style pants and polished brown cattle boots from his father's farm.
Right, hairdresser Elmer Olsen is a bits and pieces dresser. He's paired puttee - style pants and polished brown cattle boots from his father's farm.
3/8/1982
Olympics battler: Michael Shapcott helped put the boots to Toronto's Olympics bid. Now some see a future in politics for the tireless activist.
Olympics battler: Michael Shapcott helped put the boots to Toronto's Olympics bid. Now some see a future in politics for the tireless activist.
9/27/1990
Arthur Keay, a retired veteran of the Toronto police force, suggests a policeman should use his boots and his club more often than he does.
Arthur Keay, a retired veteran of the Toronto police force, suggests a policeman should use his boots and his club more often than he does.
8/27/1970
High-riding headgear: Darryl Miller, co-owner of Western Corral Boots N' Jeans, displays an $85 Biltmore hat, left, and an imported custom-made $465 hat with a rattlesnake head on it, right
High-riding headgear: Darryl Miller, co-owner of Western Corral Boots N' Jeans, displays an $85 Biltmore hat, left, and an imported custom-made $465 hat with a rattlesnake head on it, right
4/8/1982
John Boots
John Boots
2/3/1994
This wooden hut behind Secord Public School in East York was used last winter by skaters to change boots
This wooden hut behind Secord Public School in East York was used last winter by skaters to change boots
6/23/1971
Controversial Figure: Louis Hall, right, who wrote what is regarded to be the Mohawk Warriors' manifesto, is a kind and gentle man, says Warriors' war chief Francis Boots, left
Controversial Figure: Louis Hall, right, who wrote what is regarded to be the Mohawk Warriors' manifesto, is a kind and gentle man, says Warriors' war chief Francis Boots, left
11/12/1990
Magic hands: Sabino Di Tacchio displays the model he plans to use to practise for the world fashion hairstyling title. Di Tacchio, 36, operates a salon on Yonge St.
Magic hands: Sabino Di Tacchio displays the model he plans to use to practise for the world fashion hairstyling title. Di Tacchio, 36, operates a salon on Yonge St.
1/5/1982
A new start: Albert works on Philip Grenier's hair at Albert's Place in Downsview, Sander, who sold his shop last summer after 30 years in the hairstyling trade, just couldn't stay away so he bought back the shop again in February
A new start: Albert works on Philip Grenier's hair at Albert's Place in Downsview, Sander, who sold his shop last summer after 30 years in the hairstyling trade, just couldn't stay away so he bought back the shop again in February
3/2/1982
Above, Jane Fonda wore a loose black belted jersey smock, long skirt and high-heeled black boots to introduce her partner, Ron Mester, president of Jane Fonda Workouts
Above, Jane Fonda wore a loose black belted jersey smock, long skirt and high-heeled black boots to introduce her partner, Ron Mester, president of Jane Fonda Workouts
11/14/1983
Buffing Shoes In The Buff, Topless shoeshine girls have come to Toronto - and Charlotte (Nutsy) Webb, 19, of Toronto was working on Michael J. Freeman(...)
Buffing Shoes In The Buff, Topless shoeshine girls have come to Toronto - and Charlotte (Nutsy) Webb, 19, of Toronto was working on Michael J. Freeman(...)
2/11/1975
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
6/20/1984