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Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library, where one constable used his(...)
Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library, where one constable used his(...)

Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library, where one constable used his(...)

Date7/18/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mailbox was overturned in a scuffle between police and evicted campers yesterday morning in front of the Central Library; where one constable used his fists on a youth. As the young travellers walked from the university to the headquarters of Grass Roots; the coalition of social agencies that set up the tent city; police followed closely on motorcycles. There were several scuffles and 20 arrests.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019739F
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
7/19/1971
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
7/19/1971
Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack
Roughing it, How many Metro campers stay out all year? Nick Ratkovic, 39, has survived the winter in a factory after Harbor Police bulldozed his makeshift waterfront shack
3/24/1981
One of the first of 40,000 campers expected in Brantford by Friday, Kathy Shaughnessy of Miami, sunbathes in Mohawk Park. The U.S. National Campers an(...)
One of the first of 40,000 campers expected in Brantford by Friday, Kathy Shaughnessy of Miami, sunbathes in Mohawk Park. The U.S. National Campers an(...)
7/8/1971
More than 9,000 Tents and trailers make an instant city of Brant Park, Brantford, where 31,000 members of the National Campers and Hikers Association (...)
More than 9,000 Tents and trailers make an instant city of Brant Park, Brantford, where 31,000 members of the National Campers and Hikers Association (...)
7/12/1971
11-year-old Michael Broughton and 60-year-old Roland Adams, who was one of the original campers in 1922, dangle their feet in Cold Creek. Bolton Camp, Ontario
11-year-old Michael Broughton and 60-year-old Roland Adams, who was one of the original campers in 1922, dangle their feet in Cold Creek. Bolton Camp, Ontario
7/23/1972
Campers march with the soldiers at Fort York yesterday as Shannon Baker, 7, inset, displays her handicraft
Campers march with the soldiers at Fort York yesterday as Shannon Baker, 7, inset, displays her handicraft
5/24/1987
Proud camper, Alan Wallace, 13, displays colorful badges he has collected during National Campers and Hikers Association meets. Pennants decorating th(...)
Proud camper, Alan Wallace, 13, displays colorful badges he has collected during National Campers and Hikers Association meets. Pennants decorating th(...)
6/12/1972
Moving a juke-box at the Teen Hub, North York Central Library
Moving a juke-box at the Teen Hub, North York Central Library
1987
Empty luggage cart at strike-bound union station symbolizes plight of campers
Empty luggage cart at strike-bound union station symbolizes plight of campers
8/26/1966
Developers Larry Boland, left and Richard Weldon meet summer day campers on the boardwalk.
Developers Larry Boland, left and Richard Weldon meet summer day campers on the boardwalk.
7/7/1993
Despite Reports that Algonquin's Lake of Two Rivers was polluted, thousands of campers crowded its beach over the holiday weekend. Hundreds had to be (...)
Despite Reports that Algonquin's Lake of Two Rivers was polluted, thousands of campers crowded its beach over the holiday weekend. Hundreds had to be (...)
8/4/1969