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TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike
TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike

TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike

Date8/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: TTC workers walk picket line during 1974 transit strike. Reader; below; demands it not be allowed to happen this time.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016948F
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