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Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era

Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era

Date9/28/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015111F
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