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Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began
Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began

Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began

Date9/12/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Slow Going: More than 2;000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday; hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began.
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Object NumberTSPA_0016979F
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