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Getting the mail

Date8/30/1991

Names

Stawicki, Andrew (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Getting the mail: Pirosa Ersek; 74; is helped by two other seniors as she arrives at a temporary postal station on Queen St. E. to pick up her pension cheque today.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017328F

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