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Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider
Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider

Creative toys: Children like Chad White, 9, love to help craftsman Paul Simpson create toys out of wood like this horse and rider

Date8/6/1979
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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_0133812F
Movable feats: Jim Smith creates toys with wood, specializing in movable trucks, trains, planes and children's riding toys
Movable feats: Jim Smith creates toys with wood, specializing in movable trucks, trains, planes and children's riding toys
3/14/1985
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
Some toy: Don Smith of North York loves to play amateur soldier, but his toys are something else
7/30/1991
Victorian locomotive is solid wood. Anthony Lazaek reflects current trend to collect old toys.
Victorian locomotive is solid wood. Anthony Lazaek reflects current trend to collect old toys.
8/3/1972
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
11/9/1990
Out-of-this-world creatures like new 18-inch long Tearron and Super Joe doll are typical of the new trend to space-age toys for children influenced by(...)
Out-of-this-world creatures like new 18-inch long Tearron and Super Joe doll are typical of the new trend to space-age toys for children influenced by(...)
1/23/1978
Toys and puzzles, used to deal with special problems of perceptually handicapped children, are demonstrated by Alan Howarth at the private school he opened yesterday
Toys and puzzles, used to deal with special problems of perceptually handicapped children, are demonstrated by Alan Howarth at the private school he opened yesterday
2/3/1970
The jury: Children aged 2 1/2 to 5 enrolled in the Fisher-Price nursery school are given toys being designed by the company to play with under the supervision of a teacher such as Kathleen Alfano, above left
The jury: Children aged 2 1/2 to 5 enrolled in the Fisher-Price nursery school are given toys being designed by the company to play with under the supervision of a teacher such as Kathleen Alfano, above left
4/22/1982
Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer(...)
Joy-riding toys. Randy Bergant had more toys than just about any of the 800 or so motorcycle riders who participated in Saturday's annual 45-kilometer(...)
9/13/1992
Safe Position: Cyclists should behave like adults with vehicles, not children on toys
Safe Position: Cyclists should behave like adults with vehicles, not children on toys
8/18/1991
Kiddle gifts: Henry Lim, vice-president of operaions with Merryland Toys Ltd
Kiddle gifts: Henry Lim, vice-president of operaions with Merryland Toys Ltd
12/20/1982
David and Shar Larmour leave shortly. They will teach Eskimos how to make toys
David and Shar Larmour leave shortly. They will teach Eskimos how to make toys
11/12/1974
Below, Marcus O'Hara, owner of The Squeeze Club restaurant, has 2,000 squeeze toys
Below, Marcus O'Hara, owner of The Squeeze Club restaurant, has 2,000 squeeze toys
8/23/1989