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All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon
All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon

All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon

Date7/27/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: All's quiet at the tent city on the site of the old Mercer reformatory for women yesterday afternoon. But last night; after Parkdale residents voted to ask for the removal of the tents; some of the transients camped at Mercer patrolled the grounds with walking sticks; refusing to allow no one but travelling youth to enter. The tent city dwellers have invited 5;000 are residents to a picnic.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019740F
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
7/16/1971
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
9/9/1971
Grass roots meeting on Tuesday night was called to slot strategy after the way seemed clear to finally getting a site for a transient youth tent city (...)
Grass roots meeting on Tuesday night was called to slot strategy after the way seemed clear to finally getting a site for a transient youth tent city (...)
7/20/1971
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
Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)
Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)
6/13/1971
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
7/13/1971
Their tent city shut down by police, young travellers walk south on Huron St
Their tent city shut down by police, young travellers walk south on Huron St
7/18/1971
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
7/12/1971
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
Degrading and inhuman were two of the descriptions used to describe the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women on King near Dufferin St. Wreckers are tea(...)
Degrading and inhuman were two of the descriptions used to describe the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women on King near Dufferin St. Wreckers are tea(...)
12/4/1969
Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
1967
Out on a Limb, Just hanging out at High Park yesterday afternoon, Olivia Hall, 4 (left), Maddy McCabe-Lokos, 7, and Daisy McCabe-Lokos, 10, munch pota(...)
Out on a Limb, Just hanging out at High Park yesterday afternoon, Olivia Hall, 4 (left), Maddy McCabe-Lokos, 7, and Daisy McCabe-Lokos, 10, munch pota(...)
10/14/1991