Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps

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Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps

Date11/17/1994

Names

Gower, Patti (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004596F

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Spiral Brush with attached weight, held by Lenz, is the type used by chimney sweeps for 700 years

Spiral Brush with attached weight, held by Lenz, is the type used by chimney sweeps for 700 years

4/10/1975

His own fireplace wlcomes Norman Lenz after a day spent cleaning other people's chimneys

His own fireplace wlcomes Norman Lenz after a day spent cleaning other people's chimneys

4/10/1975

Master chimney sweep Norman Lenz, owner of Toronto Chimney Service Ltd

Master chimney sweep Norman Lenz, owner of Toronto Chimney Service Ltd

2/25/1970

Heights hold no terror for chimney sweep Norman Lenz seen sealing a chimney stop a Toronto apartment building

Heights hold no terror for chimney sweep Norman Lenz seen sealing a chimney stop a Toronto apartment building

4/10/1975

New Career's a clean sweep. In traditional top hat and tails, Oshawa chimney sweep Don Harland dances in front of only smoke-stack he can't handle. he(...)

New Career's a clean sweep. In traditional top hat and tails, Oshawa chimney sweep Don Harland dances in front of only smoke-stack he can't handle. he(...)

8/14/1978

Full-time chimney sweep Wayne Garrett wears the traditional costume of top hat and dinner jacket

Full-time chimney sweep Wayne Garrett wears the traditional costume of top hat and dinner jacket

5/30/1978

Chimney Sweep Norman Lenz cleans out a boiler in an apartment building on Shuter St

Chimney Sweep Norman Lenz cleans out a boiler in an apartment building on Shuter St

2/25/1970

At the bottom, a chimney that looked clean, in a mirror held into the aperture, you could see the sky

At the bottom, a chimney that looked clean, in a mirror held into the aperture, you could see the sky

11/4/1967

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11/20/1976

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