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Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day
Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day

Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day

Date7/17/1984
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  • Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day
  • Playing a waiting game; When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight; but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens; waiting for customers; at slow times of day.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Playing a waiting game; When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight; but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens; waiting for customers; at slow times of day.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010217F
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      Waiting game: Bored would-be passengers bide their time at Pearson airport yesterday as bad weather across North America delayed or cancelled flights
      Waiting game: Bored would-be passengers bide their time at Pearson airport yesterday as bad weather across North America delayed or cancelled flights
      Stuparyk, Michael
      2/16/1990
      ''There's some-one waiting for you
      ''There's some-one waiting for you
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      1876 circa
      Curtis Jarvis: Electrolux vaccum cleaner salesman Curtis Jarvis faces rejection dozens of times for every time he gets inside a door
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      Beaty, Keith
      10/13/1981
      Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
      Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/27/1978
      Sheila Stephens, 14, soaks up the sun while waiting for customers to buy her spring posies at the corner of Don Mills Rd, and O'Connor Drive in East Y(...)
      Sheila Stephens, 14, soaks up the sun while waiting for customers to buy her spring posies at the corner of Don Mills Rd, and O'Connor Drive in East Y(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      3/29/1986
      Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
      Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
      Barkley, Harold
      12/5/1977
      Long wait: Passengers trudge through heavy snow yesterday to a plane waiting at Pearson International Airport
      Long wait: Passengers trudge through heavy snow yesterday to a plane waiting at Pearson International Airport
      Spremo, Boris
      12/11/1992
      Time on her hands: Louise Herbert of Action settles into the only seat she can find at Pearson airport yesterday waiting for a flight to Denver, Colo
      Time on her hands: Louise Herbert of Action settles into the only seat she can find at Pearson airport yesterday waiting for a flight to Denver, Colo
      Eglinton, Rick
      12/23/1988
      Waiting turns: Airplanes stand in line on the runway at Pearson Airport yesterday following a wildcat walkout by eight out of 10 air traffic controllers on the day shift
      Waiting turns: Airplanes stand in line on the runway at Pearson Airport yesterday following a wildcat walkout by eight out of 10 air traffic controllers on the day shift
      Power, Peter
      8/23/1991
      Ancient Ca, There's always a crowd waiting gerly at the entrance the arade of Progress, pre at Canadian National Exhibition by General Motors of Canada. Ltd (Left). [Incomplte]
      Ancient Ca, There's always a crowd waiting gerly at the entrance the arade of Progress, pre at Canadian National Exhibition by General Motors of Canada. Ltd (Left). [Incomplte]
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      9/7/1939
      Ta-aaaaxi! A group of travellers try to get a taxi at Pearson International Airport
      Ta-aaaaxi! A group of travellers try to get a taxi at Pearson International Airport
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/10/1987
      Sky policeman Ted Ainsworth has his problems when half a dozen planes wait for the world to take-off and others circle overhead, waiting to come in. H(...)
      Sky policeman Ted Ainsworth has his problems when half a dozen planes wait for the world to take-off and others circle overhead, waiting to come in. H(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/11/1941