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Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year
Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year

Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year

Date1/21/1980
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0134711F
      The industry employs 35,000 and is capable of turning out 5 million dozen T-shirts a year
      The industry employs 35,000 and is capable of turning out 5 million dozen T-shirts a year
      Bezant, Graham
      4/4/1979
      Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
      Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/10/1980
      Garment workers: Canada employs approximately 120,000 people in the garment industry
      Garment workers: Canada employs approximately 120,000 people in the garment industry
      Bull, Ron
      3/17/1984
      Helping poor: Peter Dalglish is founder of SKI Courier, a Khartoum business that employs street children.
      Helping poor: Peter Dalglish is founder of SKI Courier, a Khartoum business that employs street children.
      Loek, Dick
      8/5/1988
      In squeeze, Peter Pocklington (left) employs Edmonton Oilers hockey star Wayne Gretzky
      In squeeze, Peter Pocklington (left) employs Edmonton Oilers hockey star Wayne Gretzky
      Bull, Ron
      11/4/1982
      Perfect match: Prescriptives consultant Vilma Carpignano, right, employs the color printing technique on customer Susan Wellington to determine the correct color of foundation for her
      Perfect match: Prescriptives consultant Vilma Carpignano, right, employs the color printing technique on customer Susan Wellington to determine the correct color of foundation for her
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/19/1988
      From the first day I started at the larvis House I worked as if I owned it,' says Tom Lennox, the exbouncer whose popular restaurant/bars have turned him into a millionaire
      From the first day I started at the larvis House I worked as if I owned it,' says Tom Lennox, the exbouncer whose popular restaurant/bars have turned him into a millionaire
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/9/1981
      Now, that's jazz! Legendary jazz violinist Stephanie Grappelli put in a few bars in his dressing room before giving concert with Martin Taylor and Patrice Caratini at Thomson Hall last night
      Now, that's jazz! Legendary jazz violinist Stephanie Grappelli put in a few bars in his dressing room before giving concert with Martin Taylor and Patrice Caratini at Thomson Hall last night
      Darrell, Dick
      5/8/1983
      By the pound: James Duguid weighs meat and produce on imperial scales at the family's grocery store on Yonge St.
      By the pound: James Duguid weighs meat and produce on imperial scales at the family's grocery store on Yonge St.
      Goode, Jeff
      11/26/1983
      Singles Bars are growing in popularity and numbers in Metro and young people and older people, singles, single-marrieds and some divorced look to them(...)
      Singles Bars are growing in popularity and numbers in Metro and young people and older people, singles, single-marrieds and some divorced look to them(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      4/8/1976
      James Kilibuk, 75, with his great-grandson, Christopher, who will be one year old on Dec 25
      James Kilibuk, 75, with his great-grandson, Christopher, who will be one year old on Dec 25
      Harpur, Tom
      12/20/1977
      Family affair: Elizabeth Gozzard helps son Robin, 7, get a sailboat built by the family firm in Goderich ready for the show
      Family affair: Elizabeth Gozzard helps son Robin, 7, get a sailboat built by the family firm in Goderich ready for the show
      Bull, Ron
      1/10/1991