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Jack Goldberg: Furrier inherited the Bloor St. business from his Polish father.
Jack Goldberg: Furrier inherited the Bloor St. business from his Polish father.

Jack Goldberg: Furrier inherited the Bloor St. business from his Polish father.

Date12/27/1988
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0127775F
      Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Goldberg and his father, David Goldberg, discuss television commercials in their home on Restwell Cres
      Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Goldberg and his father, David Goldberg, discuss television commercials in their home on Restwell Cres
      Barkley, Harold
      6/13/1973
      Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
      Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
      Teskey, Frank
      6/13/1972
      Left, Kong with good-luck wheat sheaf and small silver frame inherited from his grandmother.
      Left, Kong with good-luck wheat sheaf and small silver frame inherited from his grandmother.
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/19/1985
      Lawyer John Bell, who is with the firm of Shibley, Righton, McCutcheon inherited most of his office furniture when he took over his office. He decided he liked the existing green color scheme but added personal touches like the multi-textured wool hanging, family photographs.
      Lawyer John Bell, who is with the firm of Shibley, Righton, McCutcheon inherited most of his office furniture when he took over his office. He decided he liked the existing green color scheme but added personal touches like the multi-textured wool hanging, family photographs.
      Loek, Dick
      8/14/1975
      The Earl of Egmont, Canadian farmer who inherited a title and estates in England, is again living happily on his farm near Calgary. In the above pictu(...)
      The Earl of Egmont, Canadian farmer who inherited a title and estates in England, is again living happily on his farm near Calgary. In the above pictu(...)
      Earl of Egmont
      9/19/1936
      Still fighting: Furrier Paul Magder got a visit from police again yesterday as he opened his store in defiance of Ontario's Sunday closing law
      Still fighting: Furrier Paul Magder got a visit from police again yesterday as he opened his store in defiance of Ontario's Sunday closing law
      Eglinton, Rick
      12/21/1986
      Above, colorful highlight of the front entrance hall is a Mennonite tapestry inherited from Yost's aunt
      Above, colorful highlight of the front entrance hall is a Mennonite tapestry inherited from Yost's aunt
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/13/1982
      Above, dancer Peter Ottman signs autographs for Leora, Shayna and Jack Goldberg
      Above, dancer Peter Ottman signs autographs for Leora, Shayna and Jack Goldberg
      Ottman, Peter
      12/29/1988
      It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above, blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal
      It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above, blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal
      Bull, Ron
      7/27/1984
      Paul Magder: Furrier is exercising right to oppose bad law, his lawyer says.
      Paul Magder: Furrier is exercising right to oppose bad law, his lawyer says.
      Beaty, Keith
      12/18/1986
      It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
      It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
      Bull, Ron
      7/25/1984
      A gift: St. Stanislaus Church, a gift from Eugene O'Keefe to the Polish people of Toronto, probably the least known of all his stories
      A gift: St. Stanislaus Church, a gift from Eugene O'Keefe to the Polish people of Toronto, probably the least known of all his stories
      Power, Peter
      9/2/1988