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Some hitchhikers are clowns. The end of transit strike severely reduced the number of hitchhikers in Metro, but the art took on new twist as Pamela Ki(...)
Some hitchhikers are clowns. The end of transit strike severely reduced the number of hitchhikers in Metro, but the art took on new twist as Pamela Ki(...)

Some hitchhikers are clowns. The end of transit strike severely reduced the number of hitchhikers in Metro, but the art took on new twist as Pamela Ki(...)

Date9/6/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Some hitchhikers are clowns. The end of transit strike severely reduced the number of hitchhikers in Metro; but the art took on new twist as Pamela Kirk; 24; of London; England; tried to thumb ride on Bloor St. near High Park yesterday. A street clown with community group in London; Pamela plans to hichhike; in costume; to British Columbia on Monday. She intends to use her experiences on the road in Canada in a book she's writing.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0004698F
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      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
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      Don Simmons Jr., 19, the son of the Peel County jailer, paints signs for the hostel for hitchhikers he runs in St. Paul's United Church, Brampton, a b(...)
      Don Simmons Jr., 19, the son of the Peel County jailer, paints signs for the hostel for hitchhikers he runs in St. Paul's United Church, Brampton, a b(...)
      Norris, Dave
      7/12/1971
      High point for Hitchhikers is the Banff-Jasper Highway where mountains peaks stretch 10,000 feet into the skies on each side of the road and mountain (...)
      High point for Hitchhikers is the Banff-Jasper Highway where mountains peaks stretch 10,000 feet into the skies on each side of the road and mountain (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/9/1973
      Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)
      Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/27/1971
      Hitchhiker Crawford, Time: 55 minutes
      Hitchhiker Crawford, Time: 55 minutes
      Combs, Erin
      8/13/1974
      Hitchhiker David Gellately, 21, of St
      Hitchhiker David Gellately, 21, of St
      Griffin, Doug
      7/6/1971
      Off with his head? Denver Broncos' defensive end Lyle Alzado (77) clowns with teammate Bernard Jackson during practice session yesterday afternoon in (...)
      Off with his head? Denver Broncos' defensive end Lyle Alzado (77) clowns with teammate Bernard Jackson during practice session yesterday afternoon in (...)
      Alzado, Lyle
      1/10/1978
      Clowns and wizards: The Lampoon Puppettheatre is among the attractions of Ontario's biggest children's festival set for May 18-24 and expected to draw some 35,000 people
      Clowns and wizards: The Lampoon Puppettheatre is among the attractions of Ontario's biggest children's festival set for May 18-24 and expected to draw some 35,000 people
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/23/1982
      Skating in the New Year at Scarborough Civic Centre, Mayor Paul Cosgrove does a turn with Margaret Luxton of Scarborough Corps of Clowns, out celebrat(...)
      Skating in the New Year at Scarborough Civic Centre, Mayor Paul Cosgrove does a turn with Margaret Luxton of Scarborough Corps of Clowns, out celebrat(...)
      Cosgrove, Paul (Paul James), 1934-
      12/31/1976
      Coke challenge. Comedian Bill Cosby (left) clowns with Canadian Coca-Cola president Neville W. Kirchmann in Toronto as Coke announces new sales drive (...)
      Coke challenge. Comedian Bill Cosby (left) clowns with Canadian Coca-Cola president Neville W. Kirchmann in Toronto as Coke announces new sales drive (...)
      Cosby, Bill, 1937-
      1/22/1981
      Recalling the Legislature to end Metro's 19-day-old transit strike, Premier William Davis sits in front of a mural of Queen's Park. The bill ordering (...)
      Recalling the Legislature to end Metro's 19-day-old transit strike, Premier William Davis sits in front of a mural of Queen's Park. The bill ordering (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/29/1974
      Leo Podetz, Burlington's acknowledged king of clowns, shows his 11-year-old daughter Lisa how to apply clown make-up for her first appearence in the B(...)
      Leo Podetz, Burlington's acknowledged king of clowns, shows his 11-year-old daughter Lisa how to apply clown make-up for her first appearence in the B(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      11/13/1977