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Human chain passed 42,000 bricks to the bricklayers
Human chain passed 42,000 bricks to the bricklayers

Human chain passed 42,000 bricks to the bricklayers

Date8/24/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Human chain passed 42;000 bricks to the bricklayers.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0024284F
      Specification of the excavating and the masonry and bricklayers' works, labor and materials and other works, etc
      Specification of the excavating and the masonry and bricklayers' works, labor and materials and other works, etc
      Unknown
      1886?
      Going home: Senator Ted Kennedy raises a finger to acknowledge photographers as he leaves the Royal York Hotel today after speaking to a bricklayers' union convention
      Going home: Senator Ted Kennedy raises a finger to acknowledge photographers as he leaves the Royal York Hotel today after speaking to a bricklayers' union convention
      Cooper, David
      10/5/1981
      Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
      Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
      Bock, Tony
      10/7/1982
      Gunning for bad bricks
      Gunning for bad bricks
      Power, Peter
      3/31/1992
      Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave
      Etobicoke workers hit the bricks, Outside workers in Etobicoke man a picket line at the city's Bering Ave
      Combs, Erin
      7/25/1984
      Hot stuff: Chromalox president John Fowler hopes others will follow Pennsylvania and encourage the use of its electric furnace built around a core of bricks
      Hot stuff: Chromalox president John Fowler hopes others will follow Pennsylvania and encourage the use of its electric furnace built around a core of bricks
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/22/1990
      A touchdown. Argos Condredge Holloway: left: and John Foubert knock some bricks from the old Alexandra Wing to Toronto Western Hospital to mark the st(...)
      A touchdown. Argos Condredge Holloway: left: and John Foubert knock some bricks from the old Alexandra Wing to Toronto Western Hospital to mark the st(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      6/22/1981
      Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers
      Hitting the bricks for a pay increase of 40 cents an hour over the next two years are these Metro outside workers
      Roworth, Eddy
      11/3/1966
      On the bricks
      On the bricks
      Dunlop, Al
      7/22/1981
      A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
      A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      8/18/1975
      It's all for Women's Lib, say 18-year-old Bev Wooton (left) and 17-year-old Lorrie Wilson as they hammer and chip away at a huge pile of bricks on dem(...)
      It's all for Women's Lib, say 18-year-old Bev Wooton (left) and 17-year-old Lorrie Wilson as they hammer and chip away at a huge pile of bricks on dem(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/25/1971
      Nothing orthodox: Gwenlynn Little (left) pulls on a gadget called a Bullworker while student Jane Gooderheart (centre) lugs two bags of bricks and Lois McDonall feels her diaphragm in a scene typifying the seemingly strange exercises at their studios in Toronto
      Nothing orthodox: Gwenlynn Little (left) pulls on a gadget called a Bullworker while student Jane Gooderheart (centre) lugs two bags of bricks and Lois McDonall feels her diaphragm in a scene typifying the seemingly strange exercises at their studios in Toronto
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/14/1984