Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
This is so ridiculous, why someone has to live this way,' says Bob Ross, an ex-florist who is so allergic to ordinary things that he has to put reading material into a special sealed box
This is so ridiculous, why someone has to live this way,' says Bob Ross, an ex-florist who is so allergic to ordinary things that he has to put reading material into a special sealed box

This is so ridiculous, why someone has to live this way,' says Bob Ross, an ex-florist who is so allergic to ordinary things that he has to put reading material into a special sealed box

Date7/4/1984
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: This is so ridiculous, why someone has to live this way,' says Bob Ross, an ex-florist who is so allergic to ordinary things that he has to put reading material into a special sealed box.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0025565F
      Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
      Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
      Darrell, Dick
      2/17/1978
      Sexual morality has changed so that some things which were once considered sins are sins no longer, writes Roman Catholic theologian Gregory Baum. Thi(...)
      Sexual morality has changed so that some things which were once considered sins are sins no longer, writes Roman Catholic theologian Gregory Baum. Thi(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/8/1973
      There are ways allergic people can live normal lives, says Susan Daglish of the Allergy information Association
      There are ways allergic people can live normal lives, says Susan Daglish of the Allergy information Association
      Daglish, Susan
      5/9/1988
      The right stuff: Nancy Gibson of Mississauga carries a blue box with recyclable materials but officials say things have been turning up in the boxes
      The right stuff: Nancy Gibson of Mississauga carries a blue box with recyclable materials but officials say things have been turning up in the boxes
      Stuparyk, Michael
      5/15/1986
      Family, says David Stewart, heir to the Macdonald Tobacco fortune, can be a limiting thing.' So at 31 he has opened a travel shop.
      Family, says David Stewart, heir to the Macdonald Tobacco fortune, can be a limiting thing.' So at 31 he has opened a travel shop.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/18/1986
      The year after: Thee is little to commemorate in 1985 so no reason to dress up in ridiculous period costumes, says Frank Jones
      The year after: Thee is little to commemorate in 1985 so no reason to dress up in ridiculous period costumes, says Frank Jones
      Beaty, Keith
      9/19/1984
      The party's over: As Ontario's bicentennial ends, celebration director Fred Ross packs his mementos and prepares to go on to other things, although Ross has had no job offers for 1985
      The party's over: As Ontario's bicentennial ends, celebration director Fred Ross packs his mementos and prepares to go on to other things, although Ross has had no job offers for 1985
      Griffin, Doug
      12/27/1984
      One of the nice things about getting older is that you don't have to try so hard,' says Maureen McTeer, 35, summing up her life so far as political wife, columnist and author of two books
      One of the nice things about getting older is that you don't have to try so hard,' says Maureen McTeer, 35, summing up her life so far as political wife, columnist and author of two books
      McConnell, Colin
      9/16/1987
      . . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
      . . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
      Slaughter, Mike
      11/30/1983
      Someone has to stop this crazy spending, says Jack Bedder, who opposes a $2
      Someone has to stop this crazy spending, says Jack Bedder, who opposes a $2
      Bedder, Jack
      7/22/1978
      Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
      Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
      Loek, Dick
      11/4/1983
      Winner at last: Frank Kiss, 80, who was left out of his 79-year-old wife's will, says he's so happy that a Supreme Court judge has awarded him a share in her $240,000 estate
      Winner at last: Frank Kiss, 80, who was left out of his 79-year-old wife's will, says he's so happy that a Supreme Court judge has awarded him a share in her $240,000 estate
      Beaty, Keith
      10/17/1980