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New wrinkle: Tom Royal of Sears introduces the merchandising giant's upscale answer to Cabbage Patch Kids -- Wrinkles the hound, a $500 item and one of a number of luxury gifts in Sears' biggest Christmas catalogue, unveiled yesterday
New wrinkle: Tom Royal of Sears introduces the merchandising giant's upscale answer to Cabbage Patch Kids -- Wrinkles the hound, a $500 item and one of a number of luxury gifts in Sears' biggest Christmas catalogue, unveiled yesterday

New wrinkle: Tom Royal of Sears introduces the merchandising giant's upscale answer to Cabbage Patch Kids -- Wrinkles the hound, a $500 item and one of a number of luxury gifts in Sears' biggest Christmas catalogue, unveiled yesterday

Date8/26/1985
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  • New wrinkle: Tom Royal of Sears introduces the merchandising giant's upscale answer to Cabbage Patch Kids -- Wrinkles the hound, a $500 item and one of a number of luxury gifts in Sears' biggest Christmas catalogue, unveiled yesterday
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133072F
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      Brushing out the wrinkles. Jeff Uong may look like Gulliver in the land of the giants, but the larger-than-life legs are part of a billboard advertise(...)
      Brushing out the wrinkles. Jeff Uong may look like Gulliver in the land of the giants, but the larger-than-life legs are part of a billboard advertise(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/14/1989
      Brother challenged: Discrepancies in the whereabouts of John Sears have been noted in the second-degree murder trial of Sear's twin sister, Julie Bowers
      Brother challenged: Discrepancies in the whereabouts of John Sears have been noted in the second-degree murder trial of Sear's twin sister, Julie Bowers
      Bull, Ron
      3/4/1990
      Catalogue orders telephoned into IBM computer are monitored at Simpsons-Sears by John Pritchard (left), project manager, and John Hobbs, operations an(...)
      Catalogue orders telephoned into IBM computer are monitored at Simpsons-Sears by John Pritchard (left), project manager, and John Hobbs, operations an(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/28/1973
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
      Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      1/23/1977
      Toronto Star reporter Val Sears walks through the grounds of Clarence House with the Queen Mother
      Toronto Star reporter Val Sears walks through the grounds of Clarence House with the Queen Mother
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
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      Sears Scarborough Theresa Duncan with Jordan
      Sears Scarborough Theresa Duncan with Jordan
      Power, Peter
      9/8/1994
      Djanet Sears (Writer Theatre)
      Djanet Sears (Writer Theatre)
      Sears, Djanet. Harlem duet
      10/22/1997
      Djanet Sears (Writer Theatre)
      Djanet Sears (Writer Theatre)
      Sears, Djanet. Harlem duet
      10/22/1997
      Come on in: Lawyer Don LeFeuvre runs the branch office of Somjen and Suter in the Simpsons-Sears store at Square One in Mississauga
      Come on in: Lawyer Don LeFeuvre runs the branch office of Somjen and Suter in the Simpsons-Sears store at Square One in Mississauga
      Bock, Tony
      6/4/1983
      The lady is a champ: Carolyn Waldo-Baltzer, who says she wore mainly bathing suits for 12 years, here wears a long black-and-white blazer from Sears over a black camisole from Reitman's
      The lady is a champ: Carolyn Waldo-Baltzer, who says she wore mainly bathing suits for 12 years, here wears a long black-and-white blazer from Sears over a black camisole from Reitman's
      Beaty, Keith
      4/27/1990
      Djanet Sears. What. Actress or writer, 27. Where or When. Africa Solo, an original one-woman play based on her 1984 trip to Africa, was just workshopp(...)
      Djanet Sears. What. Actress or writer, 27. Where or When. Africa Solo, an original one-woman play based on her 1984 trip to Africa, was just workshopp(...)
      Loek, Dick
      2/16/1987
      Jack Barrow leaves management of Simpsons-Sears in the hands of 'a powerhouse'
      Jack Barrow leaves management of Simpsons-Sears in the hands of 'a powerhouse'
      Mahler, John
      4/21/1979