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Driving long distances to a cottage, beach or compsite every weekend is less of a relaxation than a continuation of a frantic lifestyle of movement an(...)
Driving long distances to a cottage, beach or compsite every weekend is less of a relaxation than a continuation of a frantic lifestyle of movement an(...)

Driving long distances to a cottage, beach or compsite every weekend is less of a relaxation than a continuation of a frantic lifestyle of movement an(...)

Date8/20/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Driving long distances to a cottage; beach or compsite every weekend is less of a relaxation than a continuation of a frantic lifestyle of movement and activity; writes the author of the letter below. He suggests that this ritual exodus is an expression of people's boredom with themselves and also with their communities.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017618F
      If it's spring . . . it must be Argonaut medical checkup time, wherein grown men are asked to jump long distances without incurring injury, as Dan Ferrone demonstrates above
      If it's spring . . . it must be Argonaut medical checkup time, wherein grown men are asked to jump long distances without incurring injury, as Dan Ferrone demonstrates above
      Ferrone, Dan, 1958-
      6/10/1990
      Great white father shook hands with the Indian braves, many of whom had travelled long distances to welcome their King
      Great white father shook hands with the Indian braves, many of whom had travelled long distances to welcome their King
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
      6/10/1939
      Image shows the Harbour with the CN Tower on the left.
      An increasing number of people are facing great difficulty in financing a home of their own, or alternatively, are having to live long distances away (...)
      Cooper, David
      5/4/1988
      The '30's, air mail Northwest Territories, a thousands of miles with the vast distances are covered by short runs by doc team such as the on Great Bear. [Incomplete]
      The '30's, air mail Northwest Territories, a thousands of miles with the vast distances are covered by short runs by doc team such as the on Great Bear. [Incomplete]
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/15/1941
      New York, Aug. 1-Eighty-seven enemy aliens, one a Japanese possessing about two dozen maps showing air and sea distances in the Pacific ocean area, we(...)
      New York, Aug. 1-Eighty-seven enemy aliens, one a Japanese possessing about two dozen maps showing air and sea distances in the Pacific ocean area, we(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/1/1942
      Lake Horicon, (Lake George), Lake Champlain, Montreal and Quebec, with map and table of distances
      Lake Horicon, (Lake George), Lake Champlain, Montreal and Quebec, with map and table of distances
      C. Goodrich & Company
      1857
      The Western traveller's pocket directory and stranger's guide, exhibiting distances on the principal canal and stage routes in the state of New-York a(...)
      The Western traveller's pocket directory and stranger's guide, exhibiting distances on the principal canal and stage routes in the state of New-York a(...)
      Reflector office
      1836
      Don't even try to remember what distances used to be in miles, say experts on conversion to metric system from old Imperial measure. Instead, they adv(...)
      Don't even try to remember what distances used to be in miles, say experts on conversion to metric system from old Imperial measure. Instead, they adv(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      6/20/1974
      It gets no easier: After the 1,500-metre swim, triathletes cycle for 40 kilometres and run for 10, Ironman competitions held in Hawaii over longer distances are even tougher
      It gets no easier: After the 1,500-metre swim, triathletes cycle for 40 kilometres and run for 10, Ironman competitions held in Hawaii over longer distances are even tougher
      Gardner, Scott
      8/10/1989
      The harbours and ports of Lake Ontario... together with the lighthouses, harbour lights, depth of water, courses and distances, &c. &c., comp. from authentic sources, the charts of Capt. Owen and Lieut. Herbert; from recent surveys, as well as from personal observations
      The harbours and ports of Lake Ontario... together with the lighthouses, harbour lights, depth of water, courses and distances, &c. &c., comp. from authentic sources, the charts of Capt. Owen and Lieut. Herbert; from recent surveys, as well as from personal observations
      Hodder, Edward Mulberry, 1810-1878
      1857
      The traveller's and sportsman's guide to the principal cities, towns & villages near the hunting & fishing grounds of the great northern lakes in Canada & Manitoba: being a description of the journey from Liverpool to the river "St. Lawrence", lakes "Ontario", "Simcoe", "Muskoka", "Chouchiching" [sic] the "Georgian Bay", lakes "Huron", "Superior", "Winnipeg", "Manitoba", and their connecting rivers, giving the best route to the game and fish sporting localities, how to go, cost of journey, outfit, what to take for camping, distances, &c.
      The traveller's and sportsman's guide to the principal cities, towns & villages near the hunting & fishing grounds of the great northern lakes in Canada & Manitoba: being a description of the journey from Liverpool to the river "St. Lawrence", lakes "Ontario", "Simcoe", "Muskoka", "Chouchiching" [sic] the "Georgian Bay", lakes "Huron", "Superior", "Winnipeg", "Manitoba", and their connecting rivers, giving the best route to the game and fish sporting localities, how to go, cost of journey, outfit, what to take for camping, distances, &c.
      Liverpool printing & stationery co., ltd.
      1880
      The theatre of war in North America, with the roads and a table of the distances
      The theatre of war in North America, with the roads and a table of the distances
      Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
      1776