It was a lovely day for a love-in

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It was a lovely day for a love-in

Date3/31/1968

Names

Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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It was a lovely day for a love-in. Blossoming under Saturday's sunshine; Toronto's hippie flower-children streamed into Queen's Park to sing and play the afternoon away in their first love-in of the 1968 season. Park department workers; who showed up to see how they were behaving; had their truck blockaded by happy hippies who climbed aboard and stayed while the truck groped its way back to street.
It was a lovely day for a love-in

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Original Toronto Star caption: It was a lovely day for a love-in. Blossoming under Saturday's sunshine; Toronto's hippie flower-children streamed into Queen's Park to sing and play the afternoon away in their first love-in of the 1968 season. Park department workers; who showed up to see how they were behaving; had their truck blockaded by happy hippies who climbed aboard and stayed while the truck groped its way back to street.

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Hippies

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English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008392F

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