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Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below
Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below

Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below

Date9/18/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted; postal worker points out below. Some people can't even spell the destination well enough to be reasonably recognizable; he says.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011125F
      Far from undistinguished entertainer, Singer Anne Murray has gained worldwide respect and recognition, reader points out in letter below, and should b(...)
      Far from undistinguished entertainer, Singer Anne Murray has gained worldwide respect and recognition, reader points out in letter below, and should b(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      9/2/1981
      Letters and Christmas cards are sorted along the sides of a conveyor belt
      Letters and Christmas cards are sorted along the sides of a conveyor belt
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
      On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
      Russell, Jim
      7/8/1981
      Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius
      Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius
      Spremo, Boris
      10/22/1976
      Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
      Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
      Bezant, Graham
      12/14/1976
      New role must be created for the handsome York County courthouse say Metro officials because now only clerical work is being performed. Arts and Letters Club was started here
      New role must be created for the handsome York County courthouse say Metro officials because now only clerical work is being performed. Arts and Letters Club was started here
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/26/1970
      Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro, Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However, h(...)
      Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro, Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However, h(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/15/1977
      Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
      Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
      Spremo, Boris
      1/14/1982
      am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
      am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      Kenneth Smith, history department head at Agincourt Secondary School, points out in an accompanying letter that every province in Canada except Ontario has a core of compulsory subjects
      Kenneth Smith, history department head at Agincourt Secondary School, points out in an accompanying letter that every province in Canada except Ontario has a core of compulsory subjects
      Barkley, Harold
      2/20/1973
      Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
      Checking off the names of postal workers manning the picket line outside the main post office building in Toronto today, union shop steward Clark Robi(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/9/1970
      Observations on the history and recent proceedings of the Canada company, addressed in four letters to Frederick Widder, esq., one of the commissioners
      Observations on the history and recent proceedings of the Canada company, addressed in four letters to Frederick Widder, esq., one of the commissioners
      Aliquis
      1845