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Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control
Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control

Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control

Date8/30/1967
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  • Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control
  • Smokey and the chair: A hippie; identified only as Smokey; refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Smokey and the chair: A hippie; identified only as Smokey; refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008372F
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