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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

The year after: Thee is little to commemorate in 1985 so no reason to dress up in ridiculous period costumes, says Frank Jones

Date9/19/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: The year after: Thee is little to commemorate in 1985 so no reason to dress up in ridiculous period costumes, says Frank Jones.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0058374F
      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
      Millar, Cal
      7/4/1984
      Period costumes worn by Sally Lester (left), 22, and Dorothy Campbell, 20, added to the antique atmosphere last night as they sat in candle light at a(...)
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      Griffin, Doug
      12/28/1967
      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
      If you can pass for this actress, you'll be star of our show, Like contests? Like costumes? We do, and in honor of Halloween we're launching a dress-u(...)
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      Bazinet, Brenda
      10/28/1986
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      Bazinet, Brenda
      10/28/1986
      If you can pass for this actress, you'll be star of our show, Like contests? Like costumes? We do, and in honor of Halloween we're launching a dress-u(...)
      If you can pass for this actress, you'll be star of our show, Like contests? Like costumes? We do, and in honor of Halloween we're launching a dress-u(...)
      Bazinet, Brenda
      10/28/1986
      If you can pass for this actress, you'll be star of our show, Like contests? Like costumes? We do, and in honor of Halloween we're launching a dress-u(...)
      If you can pass for this actress, you'll be star of our show, Like contests? Like costumes? We do, and in honor of Halloween we're launching a dress-u(...)
      Bazinet, Brenda
      10/28/1986
      Cover has text at top in varied font type, with a small decorative flower illustration. 
      Fancy dress: a short chronological series of costumes
      Liberty & Co.
      Approximately 1890s
      Dirt-biking is gravity-defying, logic-confounding, three-dimensional motion, says writer Frank Jones
      Dirt-biking is gravity-defying, logic-confounding, three-dimensional motion, says writer Frank Jones
      Combs, Erin
      5/30/1977
      Liberace changes costumes more often than a motorist changes lanes, says critic William Littler
      Liberace changes costumes more often than a motorist changes lanes, says critic William Littler
      Liberace, 1919-1987
      6/22/1970
      The little traveller, or, Customs and costumes of all nations
      The little traveller, or, Customs and costumes of all nations
      James March
      1847
      Little ladders to learning : about how things are made, geography and costumes, science and art, city scenes, rural scenes, country employments
      Little ladders to learning : about how things are made, geography and costumes, science and art, city scenes, rural scenes, country employments
      George Routledge and Sons
      1867