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Mystery lands: How this man found treasures in our backyard/C5
Mystery lands: How this man found treasures in our backyard/C5

Mystery lands: How this man found treasures in our backyard/C5

Date3/18/1982
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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_0132780F
Curator of New World archeology at the Royal Ontario Museum, where Maya: Treasures Of An Ancient Civilization runs until June 15, David Pendergast scored 15 out of 15 on our quiz
Curator of New World archeology at the Royal Ontario Museum, where Maya: Treasures Of An Ancient Civilization runs until June 15, David Pendergast scored 15 out of 15 on our quiz
4/4/1986
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
Royal Treasures: Dr. Ed Keall, an archeologist and curator-in-charge of the Rom's West Asian department holds a centuries-old piece of pottery. He has spent five years of his career working in the Middle East.
Royal Treasures: Dr. Ed Keall, an archeologist and curator-in-charge of the Rom's West Asian department holds a centuries-old piece of pottery. He has spent five years of his career working in the Middle East.
10/20/1989
Small treasures: George Maxwell shows off some of the miniature cars he sells through his Unionville company
Small treasures: George Maxwell shows off some of the miniature cars he sells through his Unionville company
4/27/1986
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
8/12/1986
Harry Barberian holds old beer stein made in Brantford, The restaurateur is also a collector of Canadian paintings, books and other treasures.
Harry Barberian holds old beer stein made in Brantford, The restaurateur is also a collector of Canadian paintings, books and other treasures.
2/18/1969
Bartley Higgins wonders how we can criticize the U.S. for its treatment of blacks, while towns such as Armstrong exist in our own backyard
Bartley Higgins wonders how we can criticize the U.S. for its treatment of blacks, while towns such as Armstrong exist in our own backyard
7/9/1970
Young explorer: Aneil Kovvall, 5, has discovered a source of hidden treasures
Young explorer: Aneil Kovvall, 5, has discovered a source of hidden treasures
8/16/1991
We're still fighting battles in other people's backyards as well as our own. William Roberts Corra Chairman.
We're still fighting battles in other people's backyards as well as our own. William Roberts Corra Chairman.
10/4/1978
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
9/10/1971
How scientists unravel the mystery of life.
How scientists unravel the mystery of life.
12/14/1981
Peter Harris, science teacher of school programs at the Ontario Science Centre, will try to take the mystery out of Bernoulli's principle and explain how a vacuum cleaner and a beach ball that looks like a globe can be used to defy cavity
Peter Harris, science teacher of school programs at the Ontario Science Centre, will try to take the mystery out of Bernoulli's principle and explain how a vacuum cleaner and a beach ball that looks like a globe can be used to defy cavity
3/1/1989