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It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two t(...)
It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two t(...)

It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two t(...)

Date12/9/1969
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  • It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two things unheard of in 1869: He dealt only in cash and he took back anything that didn't please. Celebrating firm's centenary yesterday, great-grandson's Fredrik Eaton, left, and John Craig Eaton, with T. Eaton chairman between them, and model Heather Wright, blow out 100 candles on a four-tiered birthday cake.
  • It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two t(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: It was 100 years ago yesterday that Irish immigrant Timothy Eaton bought a failing dry goods store on site now occupied by Simpsons. He then did two things unheard of in 1869: He dealt only in cash and he took back anything that didn't please. Celebrating firm's centenary yesterday, great-grandson's Fredrik Eaton, left, and John Craig Eaton, with T. Eaton chairman between them, and model Heather Wright, blow out 100 candles on a four-tiered birthday cake.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0045247F
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      Loot recovered in Simpsons robbery, Metro police Sergeant Ron Totty gold jewelry that was among $100,000 in goods recovered after a robbery at the downtown Simpsons store
      Loot recovered in Simpsons robbery, Metro police Sergeant Ron Totty gold jewelry that was among $100,000 in goods recovered after a robbery at the downtown Simpsons store
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/10/1988
      There are no jitters onstage for 76-year-old Gertrude Lucas, a great-grand-mother and first permanent model at Simpsons store more than 50 years ago, (...)
      There are no jitters onstage for 76-year-old Gertrude Lucas, a great-grand-mother and first permanent model at Simpsons store more than 50 years ago, (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/18/1978
      Growth splurge by simpsons. Six new department stores are planned by Simpsons Ltd. They include one in Shoppers' World in Brampton, with two - maybe t(...)
      Growth splurge by simpsons. Six new department stores are planned by Simpsons Ltd. They include one in Shoppers' World in Brampton, with two - maybe t(...)
      Burton, G Allan Mrs.
      6/24/1971
      Bought of James Scott, importer of foreign and British dry goods, 64 King Street
      Bought of James Scott, importer of foreign and British dry goods, 64 King Street
      James Scott (Firm)
      Approximately 1850
      It all began 100 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. John David Eaton held a reception in their Dunvegan Rd. home last night to mark the publication of the book T(...)
      It all began 100 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. John David Eaton held a reception in their Dunvegan Rd. home last night to mark the publication of the book T(...)
      Eaton, John David
      9/24/1969
      Looking down the years, C. L. Burton, president of Simpson's, reviews some of the ladies who might have shopped in the store during its 75 years of le(...)
      Looking down the years, C. L. Burton, president of Simpson's, reviews some of the ladies who might have shopped in the store during its 75 years of le(...)
      Burton, Charles Luther, 1876-1961
      1/31/1947
      Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
      Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
      Gower, Patti
      12/7/1989
      Simpson & Company the great wholesale and retail dry goods merchants, finest carpets in Canada
      Simpson & Company the great wholesale and retail dry goods merchants, finest carpets in Canada
      Simpson & Company
      1880 circa
      Simpson & Company the great wholesale and retail dry goods merchants, finest carpets in Canada
      Simpson & Company the great wholesale and retail dry goods merchants, finest carpets in Canada
      Simpson & Company
      1880 circa
      Cutthroat expansion: Traditional rivalry between Eaton's and Simpsons (Fred Eaton at left, Dick Davidson of Simpsons, above) dictates that you don't allow your rival to build unopposed. But Davidson admits the current all-out growth means the bottom line is being squeezed all over the place.
      Cutthroat expansion: Traditional rivalry between Eaton's and Simpsons (Fred Eaton at left, Dick Davidson of Simpsons, above) dictates that you don't allow your rival to build unopposed. But Davidson admits the current all-out growth means the bottom line is being squeezed all over the place.
      Cooper, David
      8/12/1981
      Toronto the Good?, Not at this time of year, as Wendy Smith so Ironically demonstrates yesterday as she strolls in front of Simpsons at noon. Her cove(...)
      Toronto the Good?, Not at this time of year, as Wendy Smith so Ironically demonstrates yesterday as she strolls in front of Simpsons at noon. Her cove(...)
      Combs, Erin
      1/12/1990
      Year. nalism. Bluestone (5), the spl did old house of Mr. and Mrs. Creig ton Withers, was built exactly 100 years ago, and is unaltered except for the(...)
      Year. nalism. Bluestone (5), the spl did old house of Mr. and Mrs. Creig ton Withers, was built exactly 100 years ago, and is unaltered except for the(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/5/1934