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All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

Date6/20/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1;000 for her painting at annual outdoor art exhibition in in Nathan Phillips Square over the weeknd. Not to be outdone; of course; Chinkok came away with $250.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0103935F
      A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Chinkok Tan turned down a well-paid career in advertising to devote all his time to painting
      A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Chinkok Tan turned down a well-paid career in advertising to devote all his time to painting
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      6/29/1972
      Award-winning artist Agnes Ivan finds widespread apathy to abstract art
      Award-winning artist Agnes Ivan finds widespread apathy to abstract art
      Barkley, Harold
      6/30/1972
      That's often where they keep their brains-in wives' heads
      That's often where they keep their brains-in wives' heads
      Philp, Barry
      11/16/1965
      Residents mobilize: Agnes Pratt, left, is one of about 1,000 angry Scarborough ratepayers who packed last Monday's meeting of trustees, above
      Residents mobilize: Agnes Pratt, left, is one of about 1,000 angry Scarborough ratepayers who packed last Monday's meeting of trustees, above
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/31/1992
      Enter laughing:. . . .even when you're wiped out from another airplane ride. And that's just what Alan Alda did during another limousine ride from the airport yesterday
      Enter laughing:. . . .even when you're wiped out from another airplane ride. And that's just what Alan Alda did during another limousine ride from the airport yesterday
      Alda, Alan, 1936-
      5/20/1986
      A time to remember, Agnes Sprowl, Agnes Richer and Marg Harpell, left to right, were among a busload of gold miners widows who travelled from Timmins (...)
      A time to remember, Agnes Sprowl, Agnes Richer and Marg Harpell, left to right, were among a busload of gold miners widows who travelled from Timmins (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/18/1987
      Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
      Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      4/21/1972
      Mrs. Robert Nixon, most active of all the wives in politics, has twice been campaign manager for her husband
      Mrs. Robert Nixon, most active of all the wives in politics, has twice been campaign manager for her husband
      Nixon, Robert F., 1928-
      6/27/1964
      That's not chicken feed, Waving cheque and wearing his $100,000 smile after claiming one of the two top prizes in Thursday's night's Wintario lottery (...)
      That's not chicken feed, Waving cheque and wearing his $100,000 smile after claiming one of the two top prizes in Thursday's night's Wintario lottery (...)
      Goode, Jeff
      7/11/1975
      That's showbiz: Miss Saigon performers Toto Bansil (top) is an airline training instructor, Hanson Tan (middle) a graphics designer and David Gonzales a law firm employee
      That's showbiz: Miss Saigon performers Toto Bansil (top) is an airline training instructor, Hanson Tan (middle) a graphics designer and David Gonzales a law firm employee
      Gower, Patti
      5/3/1994
      Eshart Nchimunya, one of her husband's four wives, has AIDS-Related Complex
      Eshart Nchimunya, one of her husband's four wives, has AIDS-Related Complex
      Stawicki, Andrew
      9/3/1989
      Wives of team Canada players flew from Toronto Airport last night to join their husbands for the Soviet leg of the two-part hockey series. Nora Hender(...)
      Wives of team Canada players flew from Toronto Airport last night to join their husbands for the Soviet leg of the two-part hockey series. Nora Hender(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      9/19/1972