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Swinging in the rain
Swinging in the rain

Swinging in the rain

Date5/26/1988
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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_0129670F
Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
1/3/1969
After telling Supreme Court he was genuinely in love with his wife the woman charged with trying to arrange her murder, Joseph Cuccia, was stopped from swinging at reporter by a third woman, who was at trial.
After telling Supreme Court he was genuinely in love with his wife the woman charged with trying to arrange her murder, Joseph Cuccia, was stopped from swinging at reporter by a third woman, who was at trial.
9/19/1968
Three who helped make a revolution: When Michael Perley left, and Adele Hurley first approached communications expoert jeffrey Shearer, right, he thourgh their acid-rain campaign was the craziest idea in the entire would
Three who helped make a revolution: When Michael Perley left, and Adele Hurley first approached communications expoert jeffrey Shearer, right, he thourgh their acid-rain campaign was the craziest idea in the entire would
6/29/1989
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
8/7/1986
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
1/18/1968
Yesterday's rain didn't help matters but Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Boylen came prepared with an umbrella. The ball was great success with new and old friends getting a chance to meet. The club was elaborately decorated for the occasion with 4,000 roses adding a touch of color.
Yesterday's rain didn't help matters but Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Boylen came prepared with an umbrella. The ball was great success with new and old friends getting a chance to meet. The club was elaborately decorated for the occasion with 4,000 roses adding a touch of color.
6/21/1968
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
1/20/1968
A pictorial portrait of Stratford: A Swan glides leisurely along the Avon River (above), actor Douglas Rain relaxes behind the Festival Theatre during a break in rehearsals (top left), Jean Gascon, artistic co-director of the festival, strikes a theatrical pose on the stage of the Festival Theatre (top right), Bill Morgan, head of Stratford's Chamber of Commerce, with the town's courthouse in the background (botton left), Reg Henry, bartender at the henry, the Queen's Hotel bartender (bottom right)
A pictorial portrait of Stratford: A Swan glides leisurely along the Avon River (above), actor Douglas Rain relaxes behind the Festival Theatre during a break in rehearsals (top left), Jean Gascon, artistic co-director of the festival, strikes a theatrical pose on the stage of the Festival Theatre (top right), Bill Morgan, head of Stratford's Chamber of Commerce, with the town's courthouse in the background (botton left), Reg Henry, bartender at the henry, the Queen's Hotel bartender (bottom right)
6/5/1968
Rain ù of course: Jud Hale has published the Farmer's Almanac for 23 of its 189 years and he's seldom been wrong on weather predictions
Rain ù of course: Jud Hale has published the Farmer's Almanac for 23 of its 189 years and he's seldom been wrong on weather predictions
10/6/1981
The last straw: A week of rain has forced the Pearce family to move out of their Woodland Camp-ground home into their station wagon
The last straw: A week of rain has forced the Pearce family to move out of their Woodland Camp-ground home into their station wagon
9/8/1981
Surgeon returns from rain forests of Peru. Dr. James Dalrymple was medical director in Yarinacocha
Surgeon returns from rain forests of Peru. Dr. James Dalrymple was medical director in Yarinacocha
8/4/1971
Fighting hard: At 87, George Norman says he has the answers to acid rain, and campaigns tirelessly on the issue
Fighting hard: At 87, George Norman says he has the answers to acid rain, and campaigns tirelessly on the issue
8/19/1983