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At top right, another man kills time in an all-night doughnut shop
At top right, another man kills time in an all-night doughnut shop

At top right, another man kills time in an all-night doughnut shop

Date1/8/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: At top right; another man kills time in an all-night doughnut shop. One men's hostel is handing out a list of all-night doughnut shops and street car tickets so the men don't have no roam the streets; as at bottom right.
Subject
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011313F
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