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Fighting for bargains
Fighting for bargains

Fighting for bargains

Date12/27/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fighting for bargains: A Boxing Day shopper is determined to be the first in the store as Tip Top Tailors on Yonge St. Opens its doors at 7.50 a.m. yesterday. Thousands lined up throughout Metro seeking bargains as hundreds of stores defied the holiday closing law. Police charged 154 retailers.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015064F
      Birthday bargains for a song, Isobel Grundy gets a special song from Doo Doo the clown today as she lines up to spend her birthday bargain-hunting at (...)
      Birthday bargains for a song, Isobel Grundy gets a special song from Doo Doo the clown today as she lines up to spend her birthday bargain-hunting at (...)
      Loek, Dick
      10/28/1992
      Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
      Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/27/1992
      Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
      Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
      Slaughter, Mike
      12/26/1986
      Hunting for bargains
      Hunting for bargains
      Goode, Jeff
      10/31/1984
      Real bargoons: Goodwill Services has opened a new downtown store at Jarvis and Adelaide streets and Elizabeth Zwicker, who visited it found that the bargains are as good as ever
      Real bargoons: Goodwill Services has opened a new downtown store at Jarvis and Adelaide streets and Elizabeth Zwicker, who visited it found that the bargains are as good as ever
      Bull, Ron
      8/1/1986
      Be careful: Garage sales are proliferating everywhere because cheap bargains are to be had, but be careful of some of the hidden pitfalls in some of the merchandise
      Be careful: Garage sales are proliferating everywhere because cheap bargains are to be had, but be careful of some of the hidden pitfalls in some of the merchandise
      Lennon, Frank
      6/23/1974
      Even some of HI-FI Express's former employees who lost jobs when it went bankrupt appeared in lineups for liquidation bargains
      Even some of HI-FI Express's former employees who lost jobs when it went bankrupt appeared in lineups for liquidation bargains
      Stuparyk, Michael
      4/21/1985
      About this bill?: Herb Cohen bargains with owner-chef Eddy Marlet of Seniors Dining Nook about his dinner bill. He didn't reveal who won. Cohen was the consultant who successfully negotiated release for U.S. hostages in Iran.
      About this bill?: Herb Cohen bargains with owner-chef Eddy Marlet of Seniors Dining Nook about his dinner bill. He didn't reveal who won. Cohen was the consultant who successfully negotiated release for U.S. hostages in Iran.
      Russell, Jim
      2/20/1981
      In search of bargains
      In search of bargains
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/28/1982
      Crowded around counters at the Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition, shoppers search for bargains at the 46th annual Hadassah Bazaa(...)
      Crowded around counters at the Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition, shoppers search for bargains at the 46th annual Hadassah Bazaa(...)
      Geo, Mario
      10/28/1970
      You can't judge a book by its cover price, says Book Barn owner Cary Grant (above), who turns publishers' extras into bargains.
      You can't judge a book by its cover price, says Book Barn owner Cary Grant (above), who turns publishers' extras into bargains.
      Goode, Jeff
      2/12/1980
      Frank Christie: Offers bargains.
      Frank Christie: Offers bargains.
      Cooper, David
      1/12/1983