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It may look like a traditional brass bed, but the scuba gear is the giveaway - it's a water bed, one of the new softsided types bringing water beds in(...)
It may look like a traditional brass bed, but the scuba gear is the giveaway - it's a water bed, one of the new softsided types bringing water beds in(...)

It may look like a traditional brass bed, but the scuba gear is the giveaway - it's a water bed, one of the new softsided types bringing water beds in(...)

Date6/12/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: It may look like a traditional brass bed; but the scuba gear is the giveaway - it's a water bed; one of the new softsided types bringing water beds into the mainstream; Brasslite 7600; imitation brass; $499; The waterbed Gallery.
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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_0008591F
Terry Podoroznick saved space in his Mississauga condo with a Murphy-type bed that fits sideways in the wall, bed was installed with attached cabinets(...)
Terry Podoroznick saved space in his Mississauga condo with a Murphy-type bed that fits sideways in the wall, bed was installed with attached cabinets(...)
6/12/1988
The Prince George Hotel, sold last year by the Smith brothers, will be demolished and its contents, beds to barstools, auctioned. Here are Noel Smith, present manager, and his uncle, Percy Smith
The Prince George Hotel, sold last year by the Smith brothers, will be demolished and its contents, beds to barstools, auctioned. Here are Noel Smith, present manager, and his uncle, Percy Smith
4/10/1969
Dormitories in the Guelph correctional Centre have a casual, crowded look, and beds are pulled up rather than made to military standards. Each inmate (...)
Dormitories in the Guelph correctional Centre have a casual, crowded look, and beds are pulled up rather than made to military standards. Each inmate (...)
5/26/1971
Early Canadian look is featured in the bedroom of the presidential suite, where the two double beds are covered with patch work quilts. Bedrooms, sitt(...)
Early Canadian look is featured in the bedroom of the presidential suite, where the two double beds are covered with patch work quilts. Bedrooms, sitt(...)
5/11/1981
David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.
David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.
2/26/1992
Under the lights: Bill Huurdeman displays one of the ultraviolet tanning beds made by his firm, Uvalux International, in Woodstock
Under the lights: Bill Huurdeman displays one of the ultraviolet tanning beds made by his firm, Uvalux International, in Woodstock
3/15/1982
Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
2/8/1963
The notorious bed-ins of Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono have given rise to some bizarre news coverage, but, says Star writer Margaret Daly, when you look each of them in the eyes as they talk about it, it's impossible not to believe
The notorious bed-ins of Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono have given rise to some bizarre news coverage, but, says Star writer Margaret Daly, when you look each of them in the eyes as they talk about it, it's impossible not to believe
5/26/1969
P.C. Allan's catalogue and price list of outdoor and indoor games and sports: headquarters for lawn tennis, cricket, football, base ball, lacrosse, bowls, archery, croquet, badminton, etc., etc. : parlor games and amus[ement]s of every description : also tents, hammocks, folding chairs and beds, and useful novelties.
P.C. Allan's catalogue and price list of outdoor and indoor games and sports: headquarters for lawn tennis, cricket, football, base ball, lacrosse, bowls, archery, croquet, badminton, etc., etc. : parlor games and amus[ement]s of every description : also tents, hammocks, folding chairs and beds, and useful novelties.
1892
Beds waiting
Beds waiting
11/17/1986
Denied entry to Canada, Hector Leone, 29, of Santiago, Chile, has spent the past four days in a hotel room with twin beds and television near Toronto (...)
Denied entry to Canada, Hector Leone, 29, of Santiago, Chile, has spent the past four days in a hotel room with twin beds and television near Toronto (...)
4/25/1974
Emergency beds
Emergency beds
12/2/1985