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Then and now
Then and now

Then and now

Date12/28/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Then and now: Cooks ladle out food; above; at a soup kitchen in 1933; when unemployment hit 19.3 per cent of workers during the Great Depression. Fifty-seven years later; lineups for the food persist as Canada's economy stumbles into a recession. Volunteers Tim Reffle helps serve Thanksgiving dinners at the Good Shepherd Refuge on Toronto's Queen St.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0018564F
Reza Nlazi, 30, fied Iran but now subsists on welfare
Reza Nlazi, 30, fied Iran but now subsists on welfare
Beaty, Keith
5/27/1992
Hung out to dry: Larry and Roseanne Nolan, who worked for the inglis company for 16 years, are now filling out unemployment insurance forms
Hung out to dry: Larry and Roseanne Nolan, who worked for the inglis company for 16 years, are now filling out unemployment insurance forms
Loek, Dick
11/30/1989
Where now?, Employees leave the St
Where now?, Employees leave the St
Power, Peter
2/24/1992
Nortel worker, Pam Gimpel
Nortel worker, Pam Gimpel
Power, Peter
6/13/1995
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
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
Casuality of legislation?, I don't care who's right and who's wrong, I just want to work, says Andy MacLean, who lost his construction job after rent law was announced
Casuality of legislation?, I don't care who's right and who's wrong, I just want to work, says Andy MacLean, who lost his construction job after rent law was announced
Stawicki, Andrew
12/13/1990
Forerunners of Highway camps, This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the tra(...)
Forerunners of Highway camps, This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the tra(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/12/1931
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
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