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Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7
Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7

Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7

Date3/10/1977
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  • Part of rear guard of almost 5;000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7.5 million letters a day; mostly by hand; Harry Stones finishes off his shift at Terminal A. He's been with the Post Office for 31 years. The future of the terminal is in doubt.
  • Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7
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Original Toronto Star caption: Part of rear guard of almost 5;000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7.5 million letters a day; mostly by hand; Harry Stones finishes off his shift at Terminal A. He's been with the Post Office for 31 years. The future of the terminal is in doubt.
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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_0011131F
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
Combs, Erin
9/18/1974
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
The backlog of mail piled up in Terminal A during the 11-day postal strike began to move today after maintenance workers lifted their picket lines. So(...)
The backlog of mail piled up in Terminal A during the 11-day postal strike began to move today after maintenance workers lifted their picket lines. So(...)
Spremo, Boris
2/28/1975
Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
Ross, Fred
6/29/1970
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
Davidson, Joe
Davidson, Joe
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
1/6/1978
Christmas greetings come through them, The extra help hired for the Christmas rush - and there were long line-ups for the job-sort through the torrent(...)
Christmas greetings come through them, The extra help hired for the Christmas rush - and there were long line-ups for the job-sort through the torrent(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
12/16/1970
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
10/22/1974
Catching the code: The nimble fingers of Marie Bright remove the mail from a code-reading machine after the letters have been transported via high-speed conveyor belts from the sorting office
Catching the code: The nimble fingers of Marie Bright remove the mail from a code-reading machine after the letters have been transported via high-speed conveyor belts from the sorting office
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/27/1977
Mounting pile of mail at the main post office in Toronto is three times as bad as Christmas-any Christmas, a post office spokesman said last night. We(...)
Mounting pile of mail at the main post office in Toronto is three times as bad as Christmas-any Christmas, a post office spokesman said last night. We(...)
Lennon, Frank
2/19/1974
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
Spremo, Boris
12/12/1973
Davidson, Joe
Davidson, Joe
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
1/6/1978