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Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era

Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era

Date9/28/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015111F
      Colorized photograph of a three story retail building.
      Home office and store - S.S. Kresge Company, & Carlton Street, Toronto
      Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
      Approximately 1930
      Kresge, S.S., Company, Yonge Street, southwest corner Richmond Street West
      Kresge, S.S., Company, Yonge Street, southwest corner Richmond Street West
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