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The first glasses of water to actually come out of the water tap in their new home on Macauley Ave
The first glasses of water to actually come out of the water tap in their new home on Macauley Ave

The first glasses of water to actually come out of the water tap in their new home on Macauley Ave

Date1/28/1972
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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_0132117F
Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave
Providing running water the hard way-by running for it-John Piatka uses bucket to fill kitchen sink in his home on Macauley Ave
1/3/1972
Sparkling Toast: Perrier chief Frank de Vries, right, pours a bottle of the famed French mineral water into stacked glasses at a Toronto restaurant yesterday. The product is returning after a contamination scare.
Sparkling Toast: Perrier chief Frank de Vries, right, pours a bottle of the famed French mineral water into stacked glasses at a Toronto restaurant yesterday. The product is returning after a contamination scare.
3/6/1990
Confined to a wheelchair by a spinal disorder, 14-year-old Cathy Coles can turn water taps onand off with wooden tool Vic Thompson made for her
Confined to a wheelchair by a spinal disorder, 14-year-old Cathy Coles can turn water taps onand off with wooden tool Vic Thompson made for her
5/2/1973
Here's to you, Toronto: Glasses were clicked yesterday at Fort York as Kenneth Sager, left, and his wife, Karen, enjoy their millionaire's vacation, joined by John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, played by broadcaster Warre
Here's to you, Toronto: Glasses were clicked yesterday at Fort York as Kenneth Sager, left, and his wife, Karen, enjoy their millionaire's vacation, joined by John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, played by broadcaster Warre
10/26/1981
Glidden neighbours: Tom and Anne Oldford, who live on Macauley Ave
Glidden neighbours: Tom and Anne Oldford, who live on Macauley Ave
8/29/1980
Artform: Alain Mikli, a former optician who turned to design, recently appeared at Karir, Toronto's newest high fashion eyewear boutique, to introduce 500 of his sun and prescription glasses
Artform: Alain Mikli, a former optician who turned to design, recently appeared at Karir, Toronto's newest high fashion eyewear boutique, to introduce 500 of his sun and prescription glasses
3/28/1989
Special Specs, Optician Mel Rapp, who operates Rapp Optical on College St., adjusts a pair of Papilion-style glasses that he purchased in Paris.
Special Specs, Optician Mel Rapp, who operates Rapp Optical on College St., adjusts a pair of Papilion-style glasses that he purchased in Paris.
4/4/1991
Hardhat management: Baird's look-see approach to running Inco's nickel empire has him donning safety glasses, hardhat and windbreaker as he watches molten copper being poured at company smelter.
Hardhat management: Baird's look-see approach to running Inco's nickel empire has him donning safety glasses, hardhat and windbreaker as he watches molten copper being poured at company smelter.
5/5/1981
Film Realism: Michael Gibbon, Imax's vicepresident of technology, wears special glasses to give films a three-dimensional effect.
Film Realism: Michael Gibbon, Imax's vicepresident of technology, wears special glasses to give films a three-dimensional effect.
2/1/1981
Gift of sight: Mornine Poonah, 56, was blind in one eye, and had only 1 per cent vision in the other, before an operation last year by mississauga ophthalmologist Dr. Brian Newbigin. Now she has 25 per cent vision in one eye, which is improving steadily as she becomes accustomed to her glasses.
Gift of sight: Mornine Poonah, 56, was blind in one eye, and had only 1 per cent vision in the other, before an operation last year by mississauga ophthalmologist Dr. Brian Newbigin. Now she has 25 per cent vision in one eye, which is improving steadily as she becomes accustomed to her glasses.
3/4/1982
Lookalike?: John William Shane, right, poses in dark glasses and clothing similar to that worn by a robber who was caught on film by a bank camera at the Royal Bank Plaza in 1985, left photo
Lookalike?: John William Shane, right, poses in dark glasses and clothing similar to that worn by a robber who was caught on film by a bank camera at the Royal Bank Plaza in 1985, left photo
9/18/1987
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
5/26/1984