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Memories: Sunday was the busiest day of the week at Mei Scott's father's variety store in the 1920s.
Memories: Sunday was the busiest day of the week at Mei Scott's father's variety store in the 1920s.

Memories: Sunday was the busiest day of the week at Mei Scott's father's variety store in the 1920s.

Date1/29/1985
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0133496F
      Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
      Fond memories: Isabella Linton, 88, who watched the first Santa parade in 1905, and Dr. John Maxwell, 79, who took part in it while he was a high school and university student in the 1920s. remember the early parades as the extravaganzas of the day. Linton also got her own children up at 6 a.m. to get downtown from Weston for the annual event.
      Griffin, Doug
      10/30/1985
      Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
      Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/30/1987
      By Jane Mussett, Special to the Star, Racking your brain on what to get dear old Dad for Father's Day this Sunday? Well, fret no more. Stores are full of tongue-in-cheek, novel gift ideas
      By Jane Mussett, Special to the Star, Racking your brain on what to get dear old Dad for Father's Day this Sunday? Well, fret no more. Stores are full of tongue-in-cheek, novel gift ideas
      Combs, Erin
      6/6/1991
      Memories: Skater Barbara Ann Scott, left, got together last week in Toronto with Cay Moore who wrote book about Scott entitled, ''She Skated Into Our Hearts''
      Memories: Skater Barbara Ann Scott, left, got together last week in Toronto with Cay Moore who wrote book about Scott entitled, ''She Skated Into Our Hearts''
      McConnell, Colin
      11/2/1990
      John Lacey: Scott's president vows to cut store prices if poultry cost falls.
      John Lacey: Scott's president vows to cut store prices if poultry cost falls.
      Mahler, John
      8/30/1990
      The Bambino became Mr. Baseball in 1920s, poling out home runs as a pitcher. He hit 708 homers in 22 years, 60 in one season. Here he is on his 53rd birthday last February
      The Bambino became Mr. Baseball in 1920s, poling out home runs as a pitcher. He hit 708 homers in 22 years, 60 in one season. Here he is on his 53rd birthday last February
      Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
      8/17/1948
      Image shows the front view of a two storey residential house.
      Sculptor's home: Walter Allward was living in this house at 76 Walker Ave. in the mid-1920s when he designed the Vimy Ridge Memorial.
      Allward, Walter, 1876-1955
      7/6/1981
      Marathon Prize. Swimmer Vicki Keith, who has conquered three Great Lakes, admires the Wrigley trophy, presented for marathon swimming in the 1920s, at Sports Hall of Fame
      Marathon Prize. Swimmer Vicki Keith, who has conquered three Great Lakes, admires the Wrigley trophy, presented for marathon swimming in the 1920s, at Sports Hall of Fame
      Eglinton, Rick
      8/3/1988
      Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
      Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
      Geo, Mario
      9/30/1970
      A 19th-century Morris chair provides listening comfort beside an upright Stewart-Warner radio from the 1920s kin the library
      A 19th-century Morris chair provides listening comfort beside an upright Stewart-Warner radio from the 1920s kin the library
      Beaty, Keith
      10/26/1987
      Brian Moonie, 24, and Diana Kilburn, 20, leave a 1920s streetcar Saturday after they were married while TTC operator Charles Price drove the car aroun(...)
      Brian Moonie, 24, and Diana Kilburn, 20, leave a 1920s streetcar Saturday after they were married while TTC operator Charles Price drove the car aroun(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      9/28/1973
      'The Crosbie budget . . . was a 1920s kind of budget'
      'The Crosbie budget . . . was a 1920s kind of budget'
      Broadbent, Ed, 1936-
      2/11/1980