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Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston
Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston

Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston

Date9/2/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0058158F
      Candy bars are dinner when Alderman Anne Johnston works at night in her cubbyhole office in City Hall, as she frequently does. Many of the 92 members (...)
      Candy bars are dinner when Alderman Anne Johnston works at night in her cubbyhole office in City Hall, as she frequently does. Many of the 92 members (...)
      City council members
      11/7/1974
      Alderman Anne Johnston. Plowing through sheafs of reports
      Alderman Anne Johnston. Plowing through sheafs of reports
      City council members
      10/31/1974
      Work loads the desk of freshman Alderman Anne Johnston of Toronto's Ward 11 as she copes with new duties that include chairmanship of the housing and (...)
      Work loads the desk of freshman Alderman Anne Johnston of Toronto's Ward 11 as she copes with new duties that include chairmanship of the housing and (...)
      City council members
      3/6/1973
      Anne Johnston: Two-pack-a-day alderman vows to butt out on Weedless Wednesday
      Anne Johnston: Two-pack-a-day alderman vows to butt out on Weedless Wednesday
      City council members
      1/6/1983
      No hard feelings. Friends and supporters of former alderman Anne Johnston attended a reception or auction at Casa Loma last night to raise money to he(...)
      No hard feelings. Friends and supporters of former alderman Anne Johnston attended a reception or auction at Casa Loma last night to raise money to he(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/22/1986
      Alderman Anne Johnston questions whether amalgamation of the six boards of health in Metro would produce more funds
      Alderman Anne Johnston questions whether amalgamation of the six boards of health in Metro would produce more funds
      City council members
      2/6/1975
      Ecstatic Gormley St. 'guerrillas' celebrate at Rose Cottage with Alderman Anne Johnston
      Ecstatic Gormley St. 'guerrillas' celebrate at Rose Cottage with Alderman Anne Johnston
      City council members
      6/26/1979
      City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what (...)
      City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what (...)
      City council members
      3/14/1973
      Among the eating places at Expo 86y is McDonald's second floating restaurant, which will serve up a good portion of the two million hamburgers it's estimated fair-goers will eat
      Among the eating places at Expo 86y is McDonald's second floating restaurant, which will serve up a good portion of the two million hamburgers it's estimated fair-goers will eat
      Mahler, John
      4/10/1986
      Hamburgers for research. Blue Jays pitcher Duane Ward and Omar Marshall, 17. of Oakville, practise flipping hamburgers at SkyDome for Saturday's Chari(...)
      Hamburgers for research. Blue Jays pitcher Duane Ward and Omar Marshall, 17. of Oakville, practise flipping hamburgers at SkyDome for Saturday's Chari(...)
      Gower, Patti
      6/4/1990
      10.39 Hamburgers have been coated with crushed peppercorns and hit skillet
      10.39 Hamburgers have been coated with crushed peppercorns and hit skillet
      Loek, Dick
      4/20/1981
      Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
      Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
      James, Norman
      6/6/1969