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Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here, John Seckar, 28, t(...)
Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here, John Seckar, 28, t(...)

Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here, John Seckar, 28, t(...)

Date8/5/1971
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  • Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here; John Seckar; 28; the night cashier; waits for someone to buy a book. Two thirds of his customers are men.
  • Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here, John Seckar, 28, t(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Yonge St. Strip is the focus of most of the city's after-hours activity. One of the busiest places there is Reid's Bookstore. Here; John Seckar; 28; the night cashier; waits for someone to buy a book. Two thirds of his customers are men.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004204F
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      Photographers, after waiting three hours to take shots of four prisoners, were foiled by a police manoeuvre but here they catch H. L. Cartwright, counsel for Capt. Gordon Lunan, one of the suspects
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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