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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/24/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 at the rate of 2;000;000 pieces a day; and strike expands.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017172F
      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,(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      8/30/1966
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      In a personal protest against mail the strike, 71-year-old pensioner pickets postal workers outside Toronto Post Office's Terminal One at Bay and Fron(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/19/1975
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
      Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/30/1965
      Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
      Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/4/1975
      Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
      Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
      Ross, Fred
      6/29/1970
      The backlog of mail piled up in Terminal A during the 11-day postal strike began to move today after maintenance workers lifted their picket lines. So(...)
      The backlog of mail piled up in Terminal A during the 11-day postal strike began to move today after maintenance workers lifted their picket lines. So(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/28/1975
      First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)
      First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)
      Bull, Ron
      2/16/1987
      Mail is piled up unsorted in Canadian post offices
      Mail is piled up unsorted in Canadian post offices
      Spremo, Boris
      10/23/1975
      Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
      Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
      Spremo, Boris
      5/4/1977
      Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
      Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
      Norris, Dave
      11/19/1972
      Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
      Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
      Stawicki, Andrew
      9/15/1991