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Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year, Weather, mail-early campaign given credit
Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year, Weather, mail-early campaign given credit

Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year, Weather, mail-early campaign given credit

Date12/24/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Christmas mail hasn't piled up this year; Weather; mail-early campaign given credit
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011141F
      Bags of mail piled up at Terminal A during the mail holdup caused by the Public Service Alliance picket lines
      Bags of mail piled up at Terminal A during the mail holdup caused by the Public Service Alliance picket lines
      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
      Mail is piled up unsorted in Canadian post offices
      Mail is piled up unsorted in Canadian post offices
      Spremo, Boris
      10/23/1975
      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
      The backlog of mail that piled up last week and yesterday when Toronto postmen refused to work overtime on the weekend, began moving today as the men (...)
      The backlog of mail that piled up last week and yesterday when Toronto postmen refused to work overtime on the weekend, began moving today as the men (...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/19/1970
      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
      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
      Second annual Christmas Mail Message Service
      Second annual Christmas Mail Message Service
      British and Foreign Sailors' Society
      1913
      Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
      Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
      Bull, Ron
      4/11/1987
      Early vote: Thirteen-year-old Blayne Creed snows the voter registration form he got in the mail
      Early vote: Thirteen-year-old Blayne Creed snows the voter registration form he got in the mail
      Dunlop, Al
      8/27/1990
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      Philp, Barry
      7/24/1965
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1974