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Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone
Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone

Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone

Date5/6/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey; from left to right: Stuart Douglas; Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0005295F
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      Courier office
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