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Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd
Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd

Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd

Date7/10/1972
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  • Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd. apartment. Miss Dawkins, originally from Jamaica, came to Toronto via London. She worked as waitress, secretary and telephone operator before enrolling in a $500 modelling course in Toronto. She now earns up to $60 an hour modelling.
  • Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ettie Dawkins and cat Snoopy enjoy a friendly tussle in her Lawton Blvd. apartment. Miss Dawkins, originally from Jamaica, came to Toronto via London. She worked as waitress, secretary and telephone operator before enrolling in a $500 modelling course in Toronto. She now earns up to $60 an hour modelling.
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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_0027021F
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      Ettie Dawkins is one of eight black Toronto models, She says black models must be much better than white to top jobs
      Ettie Dawkins is one of eight black Toronto models, She says black models must be much better than white to top jobs
      Bezant, Graham
      7/10/1972
      Tired of the corporate life, Don Dawkins used his skills to renovate an old tannery into a bustling theme store
      Tired of the corporate life, Don Dawkins used his skills to renovate an old tannery into a bustling theme store
      Beaty, Keith
      9/8/1985
      Gary Dawkins, 36, an Acton school principal, last night won the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new provincial riding of Halton-Burlington. It was a threey-way contest.
      Gary Dawkins, 36, an Acton school principal, last night won the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new provincial riding of Halton-Burlington. It was a threey-way contest.
      Dinsmore, Ted
      6/5/1975
      Image shows an interior of the house.
      House, Lawton Blvd., east side, just north of opposite Walmsley Blvd.; Interior, room at south east corner. Toronto, Ontario
      Metropolitan Toronto Library
      1958-10
      Image shows the rear of a house.
      House, Lawton Blvd., east side, just north of opposite Walmsley Blvd.; showing rear of house. Toronto, Ontario
      Metropolitan Toronto Library
      1958-10
      Fun fashion: Left, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac used Snoopy on his jacket and above, in coat made of stuffed Snoopys
      Fun fashion: Left, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac used Snoopy on his jacket and above, in coat made of stuffed Snoopys
      Beaty, Keith
      3/30/1989
      Image shows the front of the church building.
      Christ Church, Deer Park, (Anglican), in gore between Yonge Street, west side, and Lawton Blvd, east side, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/3/1910
      Image shows a street view with a person on a bicycle on it. There are trees on both sides of th…
      Lawton Blvd, looking north from Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1912
      Gone Fishin'. Star Writer Lotta Dempsey (a mere woman) has to tussle with 600-pound tuna (as few men do) off Newfoundland. See her story on women's pages
      Gone Fishin'. Star Writer Lotta Dempsey (a mere woman) has to tussle with 600-pound tuna (as few men do) off Newfoundland. See her story on women's pages
      Dempsey, Lotta
      8/18/1961
      Horace (lefty) Gwynne and Wife Ettie
      Horace (lefty) Gwynne and Wife Ettie
      Bull, Ron
      7/26/1996
      Hunt for a Black Cat, Hoping to avoid 14 days of painful anti-rabies shots, 12-year-old Kevan Gardave of Strathallan Blvd. looks for the black cat tha(...)
      Hunt for a Black Cat, Hoping to avoid 14 days of painful anti-rabies shots, 12-year-old Kevan Gardave of Strathallan Blvd. looks for the black cat tha(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      12/19/1974
      Piggyback Pooch: Nearing end of a 200-mile hitch hiking trip from camp near Trenton, where he was picked up by Chris Huller, 16, Snoopy rides piggyback to master's Burlington home
      Piggyback Pooch: Nearing end of a 200-mile hitch hiking trip from camp near Trenton, where he was picked up by Chris Huller, 16, Snoopy rides piggyback to master's Burlington home
      Brennan, Pat
      8/17/1971