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Senior Citizens check their new quarters
Senior Citizens check their new quarters

Senior Citizens check their new quarters

Date9/13/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Senior Citizens check their new quarters. Pensioners check on the progress of the $120;000 Summer Centre for Seniors on Ward's Island; which will be ready for them the first week in October. The centre is operated by a volunteer organization that provides a summer holiday for senior citizens one day a week for eight weeks; participants bring a sandwich and get free beverage and dessert. The new building will have an activity area 25 feet by 50; crafts store; kitchen; sick bay and washrooms.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113943F
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