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Great depression

Great depression

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Original Toronto Star caption: Great depression: Unemployed; above; rode freight trains looking for work. But reader says there is no comparison to today.
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Object NumberTSPA_0018489F
Great Depression
Great Depression
Toronto Star (Firm)
n.d.
Final look: Craig McDowell, with daughter Nicole,3, takes a last look at Southam Murray printing plant which closed last week
Final look: Craig McDowell, with daughter Nicole,3, takes a last look at Southam Murray printing plant which closed last week
Stuparyk, Michael
2/27/1991
Jobs down the drain
Jobs down the drain
Spremo, Boris
11/6/1981
State legislature to consider situation, This week Cleveland relief officials were distributing potatoes and other food supplies under an emergency pl(...)
State legislature to consider situation, This week Cleveland relief officials were distributing potatoes and other food supplies under an emergency pl(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/11/1938
Job fears
Job fears
Calleja, Frank
9/23/1991
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/17/1935
Under fire: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall faces grilling from opposition MPs today over a bill critics fear will be devastating to Canada's poor
Under fire: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall faces grilling from opposition MPs today over a bill critics fear will be devastating to Canada's poor
Bull, Ron
2/3/1983
No easy task: Student placement officers Leanne Laughlin, left, and penny lee, are working hard to find jobs for about 25 Scarborough students with special needs
No easy task: Student placement officers Leanne Laughlin, left, and penny lee, are working hard to find jobs for about 25 Scarborough students with special needs
Russell, Jim
6/21/1991
Camp strikers is seen at RIGHT lining up for their match on the city hall square, when They are seen at the LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city
Camp strikers is seen at RIGHT lining up for their match on the city hall square, when They are seen at the LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/5/1935
Nicole Lebarge of Port Hope, rear centre, and Michele Roemer of Cobourg, in blue blanket, lined up for GM application at 3:30 a.m. yesterday
Nicole Lebarge of Port Hope, rear centre, and Michele Roemer of Cobourg, in blue blanket, lined up for GM application at 3:30 a.m. yesterday
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/9/1995
Then and now
Then and now
Toronto Star (Firm)
12/28/1990
Hunt's on: Many students looking for work worry about how they'll pay tuition fees
Hunt's on: Many students looking for work worry about how they'll pay tuition fees
Power, Peter
6/28/1991