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Hoverburg at plastics show, Plastics Show of Canada got underway at the CNE Industrial building Monday and continues until Thursday
Hoverburg at plastics show, Plastics Show of Canada got underway at the CNE Industrial building Monday and continues until Thursday

Hoverburg at plastics show, Plastics Show of Canada got underway at the CNE Industrial building Monday and continues until Thursday

Date10/16/1972
Names
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FormatPicture
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0010871F
U of T team led by Ian Manners is working on inorganic plastics with desirable properties, like the suppleness of the sillicon-plastic soles that left Neil Armstrong's foot prints on the cold, cold moon
U of T team led by Ian Manners is working on inorganic plastics with desirable properties, like the suppleness of the sillicon-plastic soles that left Neil Armstrong's foot prints on the cold, cold moon
Mahler, John
8/19/1991
Come together: Ron Evason, president of the Society of the Plastics Industry of Canada, says many small manufacturers may have to band together in order to succeed in the tough international marketplace.
Come together: Ron Evason, president of the Society of the Plastics Industry of Canada, says many small manufacturers may have to band together in order to succeed in the tough international marketplace.
Beaty, Keith
5/26/1982
Robert downing now works in plastics
Robert downing now works in plastics
Downing, Robert, 1935-
10/20/1967
Peterborough police chief Jack Shrubb stands beside Sheriff Stan McBride as he reads injunction limiting tickets at plastics plant. Boos from members (...)
Peterborough police chief Jack Shrubb stands beside Sheriff Stan McBride as he reads injunction limiting tickets at plastics plant. Boos from members (...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/23/1966
A tense time for Harold Pammet, co-owner of Peterborough plastics firm at which some 400 pickets demonstrated today
A tense time for Harold Pammet, co-owner of Peterborough plastics firm at which some 400 pickets demonstrated today
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/23/1966
Star's Bob Olsen wins photo honors, This two-picture sequence taken by Toronto Star photographer Bob Olsen at Tilco Plastics strike in Peterborough is(...)
Star's Bob Olsen wins photo honors, This two-picture sequence taken by Toronto Star photographer Bob Olsen at Tilco Plastics strike in Peterborough is(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/15/1966
Full-time job at a plastic's factory in Mississauga supplements Bob Lively's meagre income as assistant pastor at Willowdale Baptist Church. But he sa(...)
Full-time job at a plastic's factory in Mississauga supplements Bob Lively's meagre income as assistant pastor at Willowdale Baptist Church. But he sa(...)
James, Norman
7/22/1970
John Simmons, who is blind, learns to handle plastics, Pat Trusty acts as his eyes in class at George Brown College
John Simmons, who is blind, learns to handle plastics, Pat Trusty acts as his eyes in class at George Brown College
Bezant, Graham
11/9/1971
A tense time for Harold Pammet, co-owner of Peterborough plastics firm at which some 400 pickets demonstrated today
A tense time for Harold Pammet, co-owner of Peterborough plastics firm at which some 400 pickets demonstrated today
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/23/1966
Federal Liberal candidate Robert Kaplan (left) talks to pickets today at a North York plastics firm after they were locked out. They told him the plan(...)
Federal Liberal candidate Robert Kaplan (left) talks to pickets today at a North York plastics firm after they were locked out. They told him the plan(...)
Canada. Solicitor General Canada
11/18/1988
Steve Gately: Vice-president of Maple Leaf Plastics Corp. of Toronto persisted and eventually won funding from a federal-provincial program. He hired 12 men to renovate his 40-year-old plant.
Steve Gately: Vice-president of Maple Leaf Plastics Corp. of Toronto persisted and eventually won funding from a federal-provincial program. He hired 12 men to renovate his 40-year-old plant.
Goode, Jeff
2/9/1984
Government inspector Roy Doherty checks fat on carcases, used in soap, tires, plastics
Government inspector Roy Doherty checks fat on carcases, used in soap, tires, plastics
Beaty, Keith
10/23/1980