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Beds waiting

Beds waiting

Date11/17/1986
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  • Beds waiting: Major David Stepto, executive-director of the Salvation Army's emergency winter shelter on College St., stands in the 108-beds dorm, opened for the season last night. About 20 men had registered by 4.30 p.m. and Stepto expects it to be a busy place this year. The shelter has plans to expand to 128 beds by mid-December.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beds waiting: Major David Stepto, executive-director of the Salvation Army's emergency winter shelter on College St., stands in the 108-beds dorm, opened for the season last night. About 20 men had registered by 4.30 p.m. and Stepto expects it to be a busy place this year. The shelter has plans to expand to 128 beds by mid-December.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028411F
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      Busy hospital: Ontario hospitals have waiting lists for beds, some of which are occupied by older people long after they need to because there is no where else for them to go
      Busy hospital: Ontario hospitals have waiting lists for beds, some of which are occupied by older people long after they need to because there is no where else for them to go
      Combs, Erin
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      It may look like a traditional brass bed, but the scuba gear is the giveaway - it's a water bed, one of the new softsided types bringing water beds in(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/12/1988
      Realizes life-long ambition-Sir Malcolm Campbell in salt-encrusted cockpit of the Bluebird on the Bonn ville saline beds in western Utah, where he rea(...)
      Realizes life-long ambition-Sir Malcolm Campbell in salt-encrusted cockpit of the Bluebird on the Bonn ville saline beds in western Utah, where he rea(...)
      Campbell, Donald
      9/5/1935
      Denied entry to Canada, Hector Leone, 29, of Santiago, Chile, has spent the past four days in a hotel room with twin beds and television near Toronto (...)
      Denied entry to Canada, Hector Leone, 29, of Santiago, Chile, has spent the past four days in a hotel room with twin beds and television near Toronto (...)
      Lennon, Frank
      4/25/1974
      Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
      Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/8/1963
      Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate serch for beds has become routine.
      Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate serch for beds has become routine.
      Gower, Patti
      5/8/1986
      At the controls: Capt. Steve Heimburger sits in the cockpit of a luxurious A-310 Airbus that comes complete with two beds, a shower and kitchen space
      At the controls: Capt. Steve Heimburger sits in the cockpit of a luxurious A-310 Airbus that comes complete with two beds, a shower and kitchen space
      Power, Peter
      3/18/1994
      Ontario Training Centre - Brampton Making beds in dormatorie's
      Ontario Training Centre - Brampton Making beds in dormatorie's
      Griffin, Doug
      5/26/1971
      The Prince George Hotel, sold last year by the Smith brothers, will be demolished and its contents, beds to barstools, auctioned. Here are Noel Smith, present manager, and his uncle, Percy Smith
      The Prince George Hotel, sold last year by the Smith brothers, will be demolished and its contents, beds to barstools, auctioned. Here are Noel Smith, present manager, and his uncle, Percy Smith
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/10/1969
      Early Canadian look is featured in the bedroom of the presidential suite, where the two double beds are covered with patch work quilts. Bedrooms, sitt(...)
      Early Canadian look is featured in the bedroom of the presidential suite, where the two double beds are covered with patch work quilts. Bedrooms, sitt(...)
      Eaton, Flora McCrea, Lady Eaton, 1880-1970
      5/11/1981
      Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate search for beds has become routine.
      Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate search for beds has become routine.
      Gower, Patti
      11/28/1989
      David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.
      David Hughes spends his days refurbishing iron beds. It probably seems like an odd thing to collect, he admits.
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/26/1992