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Last redcap. Dragging his empty handcart behind him this lonely redcap heads across the deserted approach to the main entrance at Toronto's Union Stat(...)
Last redcap. Dragging his empty handcart behind him this lonely redcap heads across the deserted approach to the main entrance at Toronto's Union Stat(...)

Last redcap. Dragging his empty handcart behind him this lonely redcap heads across the deserted approach to the main entrance at Toronto's Union Stat(...)

Date8/26/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Last redcap. Dragging his empty handcart behind him this lonely redcap heads across the deserted approach to the main entrance at Toronto's Union Station and the strike closed down the normally humming railway depot today. Walkout began on east coast and advanced Canada; transport was paralyzed.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015967F
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
1/24/1972
Toronto rail yards west of Union Station lie quiet and deserted after 118,000 railwaymen across Canada went on strike to await settlement of contract dispute
Toronto rail yards west of Union Station lie quiet and deserted after 118,000 railwaymen across Canada went on strike to await settlement of contract dispute
8/26/1966
Empty of Passengers - and clerks-departures Jobby at Toronto International Airport stands deserted today after 1,750 air controllers walked off their (...)
Empty of Passengers - and clerks-departures Jobby at Toronto International Airport stands deserted today after 1,750 air controllers walked off their (...)
1/17/1972
Union Station, austere symbol of the great railway systems built up in another era, will stand locked and empty while the strike lasts. The shouts, th(...)
Union Station, austere symbol of the great railway systems built up in another era, will stand locked and empty while the strike lasts. The shouts, th(...)
8/25/1966
During a walkout by 400 postal workers at the main post office last night, vice-president John Potts of the Toronto Union of Postal Workers appeals fo(...)
During a walkout by 400 postal workers at the main post office last night, vice-president John Potts of the Toronto Union of Postal Workers appeals fo(...)
11/9/1972
Empty luggage cart at strike-bound union station symbolizes plight of campers
Empty luggage cart at strike-bound union station symbolizes plight of campers
8/26/1966
Overseas wickets at Toronto International Airport are deserted as all of the European airlines and the big U
Overseas wickets at Toronto International Airport are deserted as all of the European airlines and the big U
6/25/1976
A Solid Wall of pickets at the Oshawa Times denies entry to mailing room foreman Frank Baker who arrived at the main entrance flanked by two policemen(...)
A Solid Wall of pickets at the Oshawa Times denies entry to mailing room foreman Frank Baker who arrived at the main entrance flanked by two policemen(...)
2/4/1966
Police outnumber metro outside workers' pickets by better than two to one on chilly and nearly deserted Nathan Phillips square today, All days off for(...)
Police outnumber metro outside workers' pickets by better than two to one on chilly and nearly deserted Nathan Phillips square today, All days off for(...)
11/5/1966
Air Canada Planes Grounded by the Strike sit mutely in the deserted hangar at malton
Air Canada Planes Grounded by the Strike sit mutely in the deserted hangar at malton
11/14/1966
Talks grounded: Air Canada spokesperson Priscille LeBlanc and pilots' union head Jean-Marc Belanger emerge after contract talks ended last night
Talks grounded: Air Canada spokesperson Priscille LeBlanc and pilots' union head Jean-Marc Belanger emerge after contract talks ended last night
9/1/1998
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(...)
6/9/1970