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Back in his seat, but still muttering anarchy after Yorkville hippies staged a seize-in at a Board of Control meeting, Controller Allan Lamport fought(...)
Back in his seat, but still muttering anarchy after Yorkville hippies staged a seize-in at a Board of Control meeting, Controller Allan Lamport fought(...)

Back in his seat, but still muttering anarchy after Yorkville hippies staged a seize-in at a Board of Control meeting, Controller Allan Lamport fought(...)

Date8/30/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back in his seat; but still muttering anarchy after Yorkville hippies staged a seize-in at a Board of Control meeting; Controller Allan Lamport fought to keep hippie leader David DePoe from making a speech. DePoe; and Smokey Howell; left; who at one point sat in mayor's chair; are seated in foreground.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111308F
Cool Hippies huddle under blanket, with only their toes protruding, beside their more stalwart comrade at City Hall today waiting for Board of Control meeting
Cool Hippies huddle under blanket, with only their toes protruding, beside their more stalwart comrade at City Hall today waiting for Board of Control meeting
8/30/1967
Wake up, grandpa won: Five-year-old Andrew Day, who fell asleep during the election returns, learns his grandfather, Allan Lamport, has won a seat on Board of Control
Wake up, grandpa won: Five-year-old Andrew Day, who fell asleep during the election returns, learns his grandfather, Allan Lamport, has won a seat on Board of Control
12/6/1966
The love-in gave dignified Robert Gilgour chance to dance with pretty hippies on lawn at Queen's Park, when his Yorkville friends complained about the arrests at burn-in,
The love-in gave dignified Robert Gilgour chance to dance with pretty hippies on lawn at Queen's Park, when his Yorkville friends complained about the arrests at burn-in,
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On a corpuscle kick, dozens of barefoot, long-haired Yorkville hippies troop into Moss Park Armoury after Barbara Kelly, Miss Canada 1967, invited the(...)
On a corpuscle kick, dozens of barefoot, long-haired Yorkville hippies troop into Moss Park Armoury after Barbara Kelly, Miss Canada 1967, invited the(...)
7/26/1967
C. S. Jackson, electrical workers president, protests to board of control, Controller Lamport (seated left), Mayor Summerville (right) listen
C. S. Jackson, electrical workers president, protests to board of control, Controller Lamport (seated left), Mayor Summerville (right) listen
8/7/1963
June Callwood, in private life Mrs. Trent Frayne, is a writer fighting for rights of the Yorkville hippies. She has four children from 23 to 7
June Callwood, in private life Mrs. Trent Frayne, is a writer fighting for rights of the Yorkville hippies. She has four children from 23 to 7
8/22/1968
Pastor to hippies, Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards, Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house, The Stepping Stone, in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free
Pastor to hippies, Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards, Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house, The Stepping Stone, in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free
9/2/1969
Sleep-In of 150 Yorkville hippies in front of City Hall began last night as boys and girls settled down with sleeping bags and blankets. It ended this(...)
Sleep-In of 150 Yorkville hippies in front of City Hall began last night as boys and girls settled down with sleeping bags and blankets. It ended this(...)
8/23/1967
By Bike, by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville
By Bike, by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville
1/1/1967
Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)
Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)
8/24/1967
By Bike, by broom - Hippies fight the cars in Yorkville
By Bike, by broom - Hippies fight the cars in Yorkville
8/22/1967
Yorkville Hippies' spokesman David Depoe
Yorkville Hippies' spokesman David Depoe
9/26/1967