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Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy
Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy

Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy

Date10/31/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014801F
      Davidson Dunton says French on cereal boxes is probably the chief grievance of English Canadians
      Davidson Dunton says French on cereal boxes is probably the chief grievance of English Canadians
      Dunton, Arnold Davidson, 1912-1987
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      All right, tony! Tony Fernandez is fired up and wans the world to know it as he scores Jays' fourth run, the go-ahead score that made it 4-3 Toronto i(...)
      All right, tony! Tony Fernandez is fired up and wans the world to know it as he scores Jays' fourth run, the go-ahead score that made it 4-3 Toronto i(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      10/6/1989
      The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)
      The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)
      Cooper, David
      4/14/1978
      He scores! Jays' Lloyd Moseby (centre) yells encouragement as Danny Ainge heads for home plate to score a run yesterday in the sixth inning of the Jay(...)
      He scores! Jays' Lloyd Moseby (centre) yells encouragement as Danny Ainge heads for home plate to score a run yesterday in the sixth inning of the Jay(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/16/1981
      A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. president Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
      A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. president Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
      Bock, Tony
      6/11/1984
      A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. President Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
      A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. President Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
      Bock, Tony
      6/11/1980
      Blue box bonus: John Roper, left, and Glenn Lloyd, right, display the Great Blue Divider, a device they've Invented to extend the capacity of blue boxes
      Blue box bonus: John Roper, left, and Glenn Lloyd, right, display the Great Blue Divider, a device they've Invented to extend the capacity of blue boxes
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/29/1991
      The Jays did it, the Jays did it! Emotions run high minutes after the team beat the New York Yankees 5-1 last Saturday
      The Jays did it, the Jays did it! Emotions run high minutes after the team beat the New York Yankees 5-1 last Saturday
      McConnell, Colin
      10/8/1985
      Heavy blues, Richmond Hill's recycling program will begin delivering blue collection boxes to area homes June 4
      Heavy blues, Richmond Hill's recycling program will begin delivering blue collection boxes to area homes June 4
      Russell, Jim
      4/14/1988
      Hugging the hero: Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston embraces smiling Juan Guzman after the pitcher's fine work led his team to victory over the Tigers
      Hugging the hero: Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston embraces smiling Juan Guzman after the pitcher's fine work led his team to victory over the Tigers
      Gaston, Cito
      10/3/1992
      An appetite for garbage. Mayor Art Eggleton and recycling official Don Young demonstrate the blue box. Toronto households will start getting boxes thi(...)
      An appetite for garbage. Mayor Art Eggleton and recycling official Don Young demonstrate the blue box. Toronto households will start getting boxes thi(...)
      Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
      10/4/1988
      Blue Boxes: Writer agrees with Metro councillor Howard Moscoe that recycling is a flop
      Blue Boxes: Writer agrees with Metro councillor Howard Moscoe that recycling is a flop
      Dunlop, Al
      11/16/1989