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Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)

Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)

Date8/30/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left; workers sort it. Since railway strike mail has been picked up by truck and delivered across the province. Second; third and fourth-class mail for spots outside Ontario isn't being accepted.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015956F
      am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
      am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      Damaged parcels that had contained books are sometimes wrapped in plastic by the post office
      Damaged parcels that had contained books are sometimes wrapped in plastic by the post office
      Darrell, Dick
      1/15/1975
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      Philp, Barry
      7/24/1965
      Getting it all sorted out. United Parcel Service opens its $30 million Ontario hub in Vaughan today. The plant can handle up to 20,000 parcels an hour(...)
      Getting it all sorted out. United Parcel Service opens its $30 million Ontario hub in Vaughan today. The plant can handle up to 20,000 parcels an hour(...)
      Mahler, John
      8/25/1989
      Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail, the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters
      Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail, the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/27/1977
      Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
      Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
      Bull, Ron
      10/22/1975
      The new Post Office faces an uphill struggle to regain its big share of the small-parcel market
      The new Post Office faces an uphill struggle to regain its big share of the small-parcel market
      Bull, Ron
      11/6/1980
      Stored MAIL is moved in the yard of the post office Terminal A and city delivery building yesterday during the 36-hour truce in the mail strike, now i(...)
      Stored MAIL is moved in the yard of the post office Terminal A and city delivery building yesterday during the 36-hour truce in the mail strike, now i(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/27/1975
      Parcels Cram Bay st. bus terminal. Senders seek alternative to trains since strike
      Parcels Cram Bay st. bus terminal. Senders seek alternative to trains since strike
      Dutton, Don
      8/31/1966
      Still doing Santa's chores, as he used to do 38 years ago, Borough of York fireman Sam McKittrick leans out the window of his fire truck with parcels (...)
      Still doing Santa's chores, as he used to do 38 years ago, Borough of York fireman Sam McKittrick leans out the window of his fire truck with parcels (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      12/17/1971
      Packing parcels as prizes at dinner-dance for Italian immigrants Jan
      Packing parcels as prizes at dinner-dance for Italian immigrants Jan
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/15/1963
      Helping Santa's helper, 5-year-old Michael Grisz assists Carmen Bush, director of the Columbus Boys' Club, in loading Bush' car with parcels for the n(...)
      Helping Santa's helper, 5-year-old Michael Grisz assists Carmen Bush, director of the Columbus Boys' Club, in loading Bush' car with parcels for the n(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/23/1976