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Hash for $7 A Gram is advertised on a box carried by youthful entrepreneur as he makes his way through the crowd at the Strawberry Fields festival at (...)
Hash for $7 A Gram is advertised on a box carried by youthful entrepreneur as he makes his way through the crowd at the Strawberry Fields festival at (...)

Hash for $7 A Gram is advertised on a box carried by youthful entrepreneur as he makes his way through the crowd at the Strawberry Fields festival at (...)

Date8/9/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hash for $7 A Gram is advertised on a box carried by youthful entrepreneur as he makes his way through the crowd at the Strawberry Fields festival at Mosport. According to the sign; a sugar cube soaked with LSD can be bought for $2; so for a few of 55;000 young people at the rock festival; the price of the ticket varied with the kind of trip they purchased. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0103092F
      Through the mists of mosport a young couple walk past cars and trailers as the sun rises today over the site of the Strawberry Fields festival. Behind(...)
      Through the mists of mosport a young couple walk past cars and trailers as the sun rises today over the site of the Strawberry Fields festival. Behind(...)
      Ross, Fred
      8/7/1970
      Festivals - Music - Rock - Mosport - Strawberry Fields
      Festivals - Music - Rock - Mosport - Strawberry Fields
      Lennon, Frank
      8/10/1970
      Festivals - Music - Rock - Mosport - Strawberry Fields
      Festivals - Music - Rock - Mosport - Strawberry Fields
      Lennon, Frank
      8/10/1970
      Moving out of mosport at the end of the Strawberry Fields rock festival, young hitchhikers stand beside the highway holding up signs indicating where (...)
      Moving out of mosport at the end of the Strawberry Fields rock festival, young hitchhikers stand beside the highway holding up signs indicating where (...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/10/1970
      Piles of garbage clutter up Mosport's 30 acres after the Strawberry Fields rock festival ended yesterday
      Piles of garbage clutter up Mosport's 30 acres after the Strawberry Fields rock festival ended yesterday
      Dutton, Don
      8/10/1970
      Enjoying the sun fully, young people attending the Mosport Strawberry Fields rock festival bask in one of the wooded glens on the 500-acre property. E(...)
      Enjoying the sun fully, young people attending the Mosport Strawberry Fields rock festival bask in one of the wooded glens on the 500-acre property. E(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/9/1970
      Graham Manley, 7, left, and brother Benjamin, 5, get a head start, in nearly empty fields, picking strawberries at Fairview Farms in Brampton The pick(...)
      Graham Manley, 7, left, and brother Benjamin, 5, get a head start, in nearly empty fields, picking strawberries at Fairview Farms in Brampton The pick(...)
      Lautens, Richard
      6/4/1993
      Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment
      Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment
      Lautens, Richard
      8/14/1992
      Strawberry fields forever? Eleanor and Don Fry plant an anti-dump message on their pick-your-own-strawberries farm on the King-Vaughan Town Line.
      Strawberry fields forever? Eleanor and Don Fry plant an anti-dump message on their pick-your-own-strawberries farm on the King-Vaughan Town Line.
      Beaty, Keith
      7/17/1992
      On her way up to greet friends - or whoever may be there - a girl makes the trip from lobby to mezzanine the hard way, pulled by two youthful Grey Cup(...)
      On her way up to greet friends - or whoever may be there - a girl makes the trip from lobby to mezzanine the hard way, pulled by two youthful Grey Cup(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/27/1970
      The algoway makes a splash, The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after seve(...)
      The algoway makes a splash, The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after seve(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      6/23/1972
      Mayor Dennison fields one. Mayor William Dennison, who's retiring at the end of the year, makes a catch in the third annual softball game between city(...)
      Mayor Dennison fields one. Mayor William Dennison, who's retiring at the end of the year, makes a catch in the third annual softball game between city(...)
      Dennison, William
      7/6/1972