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Rubber soles: Tire connoisseur and Star photographer John Mahler was out punishing rubber again
Rubber soles: Tire connoisseur and Star photographer John Mahler was out punishing rubber again

Rubber soles: Tire connoisseur and Star photographer John Mahler was out punishing rubber again

Date8/4/1992
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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_0064889F
Rubber riot: John Mahler, Star photographer and summertime racer, set aside his Porsche 944 Turbo and took up the challenge to test tires with his company appliance, a Chrysler K-car
Rubber riot: John Mahler, Star photographer and summertime racer, set aside his Porsche 944 Turbo and took up the challenge to test tires with his company appliance, a Chrysler K-car
2/9/1988
Tread truths: Wheels tire tester John Mahler poses with the rubber he put through the wringer using Chevlot Diplomat alloy wheels and this trusty Toyota Corolla LE
Tread truths: Wheels tire tester John Mahler poses with the rubber he put through the wringer using Chevlot Diplomat alloy wheels and this trusty Toyota Corolla LE
10/27/1990
In time to win: Barbara Mahler and husband John - whose day job is photographer for The Star and who is also Wheels' regular tire tester - hold aloft the trophies they bagged after surviving a day-long rally in the Jeep Cup finale
In time to win: Barbara Mahler and husband John - whose day job is photographer for The Star and who is also Wheels' regular tire tester - hold aloft the trophies they bagged after surviving a day-long rally in the Jeep Cup finale
8/29/1988
Paul Soles, left, and Leon Bibb star in the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport, a play about a pair of 81-year-old men trading tales on a park bench, which opens at the Royal Alex Wednesday
Paul Soles, left, and Leon Bibb star in the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport, a play about a pair of 81-year-old men trading tales on a park bench, which opens at the Royal Alex Wednesday
3/16/1987
A Little mood music please for Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon, who would like to be a concert pianist, and TV star Paul Soles as her symphony conductor
A Little mood music please for Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon, who would like to be a concert pianist, and TV star Paul Soles as her symphony conductor
6/14/1978
Fed by rubber tires, flames belch from $900,000 warehouse-factory fire on Liberty St
Fed by rubber tires, flames belch from $900,000 warehouse-factory fire on Liberty St
5/3/1978
Colour postcard depicting an illustration of a large warehouse building surrounded by adjacent ...
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Goods Co. Plant
Approximately 1920
Sepia-toned photo postcard depicting a large warehouse building with many windows. Caption stat ...
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada
Approximately 1925
Image shows a multi-floor building and a yard beside it.
Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company circa 1946-47
1946-1947
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada, New Toronto, Ontario
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada, New Toronto, Ontario
1925 circa
This rubber Spaghetti, made from scrap tires, will go through refining operations which will give it the appearance, but not all the properties of raw(...)
This rubber Spaghetti, made from scrap tires, will go through refining operations which will give it the appearance, but not all the properties of raw(...)
8/29/1942
Hocus, Pocus-Here's How you fix flat, Model Jean MacDonald seals, inflates tire with rubber compound product
Hocus, Pocus-Here's How you fix flat, Model Jean MacDonald seals, inflates tire with rubber compound product
8/11/1961