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Remember Fiesta dinnerware, potato salad, ham and white bread picnics and pre-TV days, when we made our own entertainment? Contemporary picnics will s(...)
Remember Fiesta dinnerware, potato salad, ham and white bread picnics and pre-TV days, when we made our own entertainment? Contemporary picnics will s(...)

Remember Fiesta dinnerware, potato salad, ham and white bread picnics and pre-TV days, when we made our own entertainment? Contemporary picnics will s(...)

Date8/22/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Remember Fiesta dinnerware, potato salad, ham and white bread picnics and pre-TV days, when we made our own entertainment? Contemporary picnics will someday look as quaint as the one above does today. Clothes from Lyric Vintage Clothing, 613 Queen St. W., 1940 Ford truck courtesy of artist Robin MacKenzie.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007532F
      Premier picnics with pollution probe
      Premier picnics with pollution probe
      Davis, William G.
      8/3/1971
      Johnny Lombardi may not be able to get radio towers on Toronto Islands for his CHIN station, but he can get thousands of Metro citizens there for his annual picnics
      Johnny Lombardi may not be able to get radio towers on Toronto Islands for his CHIN station, but he can get thousands of Metro citizens there for his annual picnics
      Geo, Mario
      7/5/1972
      Liberal leader Rob Nixon helps himself to potato salad and cold roast chicken at a recent picnic lunch
      Liberal leader Rob Nixon helps himself to potato salad and cold roast chicken at a recent picnic lunch
      Bull, Ron
      10/5/1971
      Hot Stuff: Chef Julie Robitaille shows her hearty potato salad made with spicy Italian sausage
      Hot Stuff: Chef Julie Robitaille shows her hearty potato salad made with spicy Italian sausage
      Eglinton, Rick
      4/28/1989
      Caterer francoise Monnet creates an outdoor picnic of pate, cheese salad and cherries baked in custard
      Caterer francoise Monnet creates an outdoor picnic of pate, cheese salad and cherries baked in custard
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      6/27/1983
      Salad days. Summertime calls for easy, quick and cool meals like this Mediterranean tuna salad made from leftovers
      Salad days. Summertime calls for easy, quick and cool meals like this Mediterranean tuna salad made from leftovers
      Combs, Erin
      7/23/1980
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      Faught, Ken
      3/27/1993
      A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
      A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      7/14/1974
      Cover has text in varied font type with illustration of a woman in Victorian dress holding a pu…
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      Taylor, Margaret
      1898
      Remember when? Harry Lumley (left) and Lorne (Gump) Worsley get a chuckle from a picture of the Gumper during his playing days. Both were outstanding (...)
      Remember when? Harry Lumley (left) and Lorne (Gump) Worsley get a chuckle from a picture of the Gumper during his playing days. Both were outstanding (...)
      Cooper, David
      9/8/1980
      Khan: A man who remembers the old players and the long train rides and longs for the days when baseball was more romance than business
      Khan: A man who remembers the old players and the long train rides and longs for the days when baseball was more romance than business
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/16/1982
      Conductor Lucio Agostini: The Family's Loath to Quit, I remember the days when they called me the 'young conductor'
      Conductor Lucio Agostini: The Family's Loath to Quit, I remember the days when they called me the 'young conductor'
      Agostini, Lucio
      1/29/1966