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Derek Maw, an antique furniture craftsman, serenades wife Linda and daughter Justine, 2, in their Brooklin area pioneer farmhouse
Derek Maw, an antique furniture craftsman, serenades wife Linda and daughter Justine, 2, in their Brooklin area pioneer farmhouse

Derek Maw, an antique furniture craftsman, serenades wife Linda and daughter Justine, 2, in their Brooklin area pioneer farmhouse

Date3/10/1972
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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_0130671F
It looks like junk but all the battered old pieces of furniture in Derek Maw's barn will, some day, be transformed into items that Canadians will want to buy to remind them of their heritage
It looks like junk but all the battered old pieces of furniture in Derek Maw's barn will, some day, be transformed into items that Canadians will want to buy to remind them of their heritage
3/9/1972
Clockmaker Frank Maw of Buttonville and son Derek examine the grandfather's clock they created with antique wood and a 19th-century design
Clockmaker Frank Maw of Buttonville and son Derek examine the grandfather's clock they created with antique wood and a 19th-century design
3/10/1972
The workshop is messy - but that's how Derek Maw likes it
The workshop is messy - but that's how Derek Maw likes it
3/9/1972
Hiding the modern: Master woodworker Derek Maw demonstrates sliding pine panels that he ingeniously built in the living room to hide the television
Hiding the modern: Master woodworker Derek Maw demonstrates sliding pine panels that he ingeniously built in the living room to hide the television
2/7/1990
The Robarts are wedded a year. Holding hands while violinist Hans Kaufman serenades them, John Robarts and his wife celebrate their first wedding anni(...)
The Robarts are wedded a year. Holding hands while violinist Hans Kaufman serenades them, John Robarts and his wife celebrate their first wedding anni(...)
8/22/1977
Regina Bowman Serenades Paul Godfrey: He proposed to her in front of 70 people at dinner
Regina Bowman Serenades Paul Godfrey: He proposed to her in front of 70 people at dinner
2/26/1967
John Gary Serenades Club Patron Mary Woods
John Gary Serenades Club Patron Mary Woods
9/23/1972
Singer Winston Hurlock, who works as a garage mechanic, serenades fellow workers with a song
Singer Winston Hurlock, who works as a garage mechanic, serenades fellow workers with a song
5/26/1977
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
9/2/1968
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
1/3/1980
Master craftsman Jean-Francois Furieri fell in love with Canada on his honeymoon, returned later with his wife to open the family plaster business in Toronto.
Master craftsman Jean-Francois Furieri fell in love with Canada on his honeymoon, returned later with his wife to open the family plaster business in Toronto.
2/6/1989