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That long-distance feeling, If having to go to a supermailbox for their letters isn't enough, Steen Jacobson, left, and Doug Chivers must trude to pho(...)
That long-distance feeling, If having to go to a supermailbox for their letters isn't enough, Steen Jacobson, left, and Doug Chivers must trude to pho(...)

That long-distance feeling, If having to go to a supermailbox for their letters isn't enough, Steen Jacobson, left, and Doug Chivers must trude to pho(...)

Date9/26/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: That long-distance feeling; If having to go to a supermailbox for their letters isn't enough; Steen Jacobson; left; and Doug Chivers must trude to phone booths at Clearview Drive and Kingsway Blvd. in Mississauga because of the Bell Canada strike. The booths were installed after residents in the new subdivision were unable toget service hooked up.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016020F
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