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Steve Robson fonds
Fonds · 1981 - 1991, predominant 1981 - 1986

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Steve Robson around Brampton (including Bramalea), Mississauga, and Toronto, as well as possibly other locations. They include public figures, and everyday people in both posed and spontaneous situations of every day life. The fonds highlights his interests, including cars, and scale models.

About 4% of the negatives are available in print format, and a selection of negatives are available as contact sheets.

Robson, Steve
File 1 - Animals
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of dogs, rams, cats, horses, budges, Canada geese, primates, seagulls, and both wild and domesticated ducks.

Robson, Steve
File 7 - Children
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of children at various ages, posed and candid, including in costumes, at a Diet Coke stand, and with a toy rocket.

File 12 - Mississauga
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

Files consist of photographs including nine images of Toronto Pearson International Airport, three images of construction of an entrance to Square One Shopping Centre, one image of a Peel Regional Police robot in a unidentified Mississauga mall possibly South Common or Meadowvale, two images of Community Justice Week at Hansa Haus, and two images of Eric Braeden and Melody Scott Thomas from "The Young and the Restless" at the Mississauga Health Expo.

Robson, Steve
File 30 - Theatre
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of theatre productions. Archives staff suspect it is The Bramalea Little Theatre.

File 37 - People - Nude
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of a variety of photographs of nude women, or photographs in which these nude photographs appear on a wall.

File 40 - Driving schools
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs including of Young Drivers of Canada, Aurea Driving School, Centennial Driving School, Safety Driving School (109 Dundas Street West, Mississauga), and the sign for Driver Test Dispatch.

File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of cars, indoors and outdoors. Most are contemporary muscle cars, although some are older sports cars or a racing car with Michelin TRX tires and Renault Elf lubricants. Brands shown include Chrysler, DeLorean Motor Company, Dodge, Ferrari, GM, Honda, Mazda, Pontiac, and Suzuki.

One photograph has a banner for the Motion 82 car show in Hamilton, November 12, 13, and 14, 1982. There was a show at the International Centre, Mississauga with the same name. Formally "Motion Rod & Custom Car Show", it is now Motorama; it is unknown whether they had a second event in Hamilton or if the similar naming is coincidence.

File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs including [a Bramalea church], [Bramalea City Centre], [Bramalea strip mall], a boat house, apartment under construction on Queen Street East, bank teller with a sombrero, bird’s eye view of Bramalea, Boyd Brown, Bramalea Legion Remembrance Day, Brampton Fire Department, church flea market, City of Brampton Development Design Award of Excellence to Motorola Systems, Crawley Park, Downtown Brampton, Flower City Kiwanis Club, John Callahan and John McDermid, K-9 Patrol, Miss Brampton, National Crime Prevention Week hosted by Bramalea Jay Cees, Ontario Human Society North Peel Branch donation box at a fish and chip shop, Peel Regional Police directing traffic, Peel Regional Police funeral, public works, school buses and a trunk sale including Christian religious items.

Robson, Steve
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of exteriors of the Eaton's Centre and a bar named The Nags Head, interiors of the Eaton's Centre including fashion shows, a person with a Motorhead band jacket with chains, and an arrest across the road from the mall. File also includes views of public art paintings hanging inside Dundas Mall.

File 13 - Performances
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of singers, guitarists, concert bands, community theatre actors (backstage, on stage, publicity shots, and workshopping), community theatre crew members, television actors (including Heather Locklear), dancers (at events, ballet, modern, and competitive), street performers (Dr. Orville Doodles Magic Factory). An Ontario bicentennial concert is included.

File 27 - Star Wars
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs believed to be taken from a television screen. Most photos relate to space dogfights, presumed to be based on Robson's interest in scale models.

File 34 - Vehicles
File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

File consists of photographs of vehicles from Chevrolet, Ford, Chrysler, Audi, Porsche, Nissan, and Hyundai. It also includes photographs of sail boats (including one named Providence), helicopter, truck transports, planes, motorcycle, taxi, Go Transit, a CAA truck, a hot air balloon with Miller written on it, Goodyear tires, destination sign, a hitch hiker, a car accident, a Shell gas station, a seagull, a police man directing traffic, a car accident, hydro lines, Star Wars, a 1933 Ford Roadster, a 1976 Ford Pinto, Coca-Cola advertisement and sign, and Robson’s business cards. It also includes models of a tank, a helicopter, spaceships, planes, and cars.

File · [ca. 1981 - 1986]
Part of Steve Robson fonds

Files consist of photographs of cars and motorcycles, mostly at trade shows. Some photos are at the Automotive Building, Exhibition Place. Photos include a handbuild motorbike, Molson Supercross promoters, and sponsorship from cigarette maker Craven-A.