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On Picket Duty, TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car
On Picket Duty, TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car

On Picket Duty, TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car

Date1/5/1952
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Original Toronto Star caption: On Picket Duty; TTC Operator George Shaw reads about the strike while sitting on the front of an idled street car. An overnight snowfall of 3 1/2 inches caused little trouble to downtown traffic today as many firms work on half staffs Saturday
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017006F
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      Brian Moonie, 24, and Diana Kilburn, 20, leave a 1920s streetcar Saturday after they were married while TTC operator Charles Price drove the car aroun(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      9/28/1973
      On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
      On the first day of the TTC strike, PC Brian Burnett is stormed by cars from all directions as he stands on duty directing traffic during morning rush(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/12/1974
      Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
      Idled by Strike of trawlermen, fish processing plant workers sipped beer last August on a hillside overlooking a dozen tied-up trawlers at Morring Cove, Nfld. They're idled again in the current strike.
      Newfoundland Fishermen, Food and Allied Workers
      8/25/1974
      Special gift: Margaret Drabble, who reads tonight at Harbour front, has just finished a novel set partly in Cambridge about three privileged women in their late 40s
      Special gift: Margaret Drabble, who reads tonight at Harbour front, has just finished a novel set partly in Cambridge about three privileged women in their late 40s
      Drabble, Margaret, 1939-
      10/19/1986
      Arriving for Picket Duty - on his bike - TTC driver Herb Dunlop pulls up at Russell Division barns on Queen St
      Arriving for Picket Duty - on his bike - TTC driver Herb Dunlop pulls up at Russell Division barns on Queen St
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/11/1978
      Home work: School bus driver Judy Poirier, laid off because of the teachers' strike, reads with daughters Michelle, 8, (left) and Tracey, 12
      Home work: School bus driver Judy Poirier, laid off because of the teachers' strike, reads with daughters Michelle, 8, (left) and Tracey, 12
      Calleja, Frank
      11/4/1997
      Abitibi Paper Co. mill at Iroquois Falls, idled by bitter strike
      Abitibi Paper Co. mill at Iroquois Falls, idled by bitter strike
      Bull, Ron
      1/13/1976
      Mork's in town: Idled by actors strike, Robin Williams is doing skits with Second City cast at the Firehall Theatre
      Mork's in town: Idled by actors strike, Robin Williams is doing skits with Second City cast at the Firehall Theatre
      Goode, Jeff
      9/11/1980
      Michael Warren: For almost four years, he avoided national strikes like that which idled these trucks in 1978
      Michael Warren: For almost four years, he avoided national strikes like that which idled these trucks in 1978
      Spremo, Boris
      10/25/1978
      Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the Hous(...)
      Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the Hous(...)
      Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
      12/5/1945
      Passion for print: Charilyn Wright reads to daughter Christiann, 4, while dad Michael shares a classic with Jennalyn,7
      Passion for print: Charilyn Wright reads to daughter Christiann, 4, while dad Michael shares a classic with Jennalyn,7
      Stuparyk, Michael
      11/2/1994
      One of about 100 volunteers working for the Radio Reading Service-about 75 of them on-air readers-john Tickell reads news item from The Star along wit(...)
      One of about 100 volunteers working for the Radio Reading Service-about 75 of them on-air readers-john Tickell reads news item from The Star along wit(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      7/5/1978