Working in retail

Poster Czar

Poster Czar 
Bob Olsen/Toronto Star
May 16 1968 

Stephen Max Allen poses in front of posters in his store.

In 1968, the store's best-selling posters featured Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Raquel Welch.

Shopkeeper

Shopkeeper
Dick Darrell/Toronto Star
February 5, 1975

A victim of a recent robbery, East York shopkeeper George Behrakis poses with the gun he kept for protection.

Clothing store owner

Clothing store owner
March 6, 1973
Dick Darrell/Toronto Star

Richard Lichtman was born in the apartment above his family's clothing shop, S. Lichtman and Son, on Yonge Street south of Wellesley Street.

Vice-President of distributing company

Vice-President
Reg Innell/Toronto Star
July 26, 1972

Garrett Richardson, vice-president of a distributing company, models a tan leather belted coat for a Toronto Star fashion article.