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Just browsing: Robert Fulford finds a million strories in the World's Biggest Bookstore, Toronto's unique paradise for browsers
Just browsing: Robert Fulford finds a million strories in the World's Biggest Bookstore, Toronto's unique paradise for browsers

Just browsing: Robert Fulford finds a million strories in the World's Biggest Bookstore, Toronto's unique paradise for browsers

Date11/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Just browsing: Robert Fulford finds a million strories in the World's Biggest Bookstore; Toronto's unique paradise for browsers.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0048705F
      Above, Marie Powell is among browsers at a Saturday Walk-Around auction at D
      Above, Marie Powell is among browsers at a Saturday Walk-Around auction at D
      Beaty, Keith
      9/24/1987
      Star reporter - and not such a bad sex saleslady -Olivia Ward, right, did her best to assist browsers at Lovecraft last week. She didn't smirk even wh(...)
      Star reporter - and not such a bad sex saleslady -Olivia Ward, right, did her best to assist browsers at Lovecraft last week. She didn't smirk even wh(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/12/1979
      Hat trick: Len Cooper, owner of The Browser's Den, originally a poster and games store, now amuses customers with a feat or two from his line of magic tricks
      Hat trick: Len Cooper, owner of The Browser's Den, originally a poster and games store, now amuses customers with a feat or two from his line of magic tricks
      Goode, Jeff
      12/10/1979
      A big one, Jack Cole, president of Coles bookstore chain, stands inside World's Biggest Bookstore, scheduled to open to the public Wednesday. The stor(...)
      A big one, Jack Cole, president of Coles bookstore chain, stands inside World's Biggest Bookstore, scheduled to open to the public Wednesday. The stor(...)
      Cole, Jack, 1920-1997
      10/29/1980
      At 60, Jack Cole is king of the world's biggest bookstore, to open in downtown Toronto Nov
      At 60, Jack Cole is king of the world's biggest bookstore, to open in downtown Toronto Nov
      Cole, Jack, 1920-1997
      10/17/1980
      Toronto's Sammy Kehela is one of the world's best bridge players, but he still finds it hard to forgive a poor play
      Toronto's Sammy Kehela is one of the world's best bridge players, but he still finds it hard to forgive a poor play
      Griffin, Doug
      1/18/1969
      Rupert Bain finds recreation from his stockbroker's duties on his estate at Oriole which he has made into a rural paradise from a patch of farmland
      Rupert Bain finds recreation from his stockbroker's duties on his estate at Oriole which he has made into a rural paradise from a patch of farmland
      Bain, H Rupert
      12/17/1938
      Just browsing
      Just browsing
      Beaty, Keith
      10/19/1987
      That's a kangaroo on his lap, and Charles Millar of Northern Telecom finds such offbeat telephones are easier to merchandise than other company products like central switching equipment, costing into the millions
      That's a kangaroo on his lap, and Charles Millar of Northern Telecom finds such offbeat telephones are easier to merchandise than other company products like central switching equipment, costing into the millions
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/6/1977
      World's biggest bomb, a 45,000-pounder, was manufactured at Milwaukee, Wis
      World's biggest bomb, a 45,000-pounder, was manufactured at Milwaukee, Wis
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/15/1945
      Once world's biggest gunmaker, ailing Gustav Krupp on Bohlen und Habach, lives with wife in mountain co [Incomplete]
      Once world's biggest gunmaker, ailing Gustav Krupp on Bohlen und Habach, lives with wife in mountain co [Incomplete]
      Krupp family
      2/21/1947
      TV personality Adrienne Clarkson decided on this elegant tea gown for last night's after-theatre party, attended by some of the theatrical world's biggest names
      TV personality Adrienne Clarkson decided on this elegant tea gown for last night's after-theatre party, attended by some of the theatrical world's biggest names
      Clarkson, Adrienne, 1939-
      8/22/1967