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Strike-Breaker gets off the Kingdoc at Welland by the Tarzan method, swinging ashore by a rope to join others of his group who lined up with strikers.(...)
Strike-Breaker gets off the Kingdoc at Welland by the Tarzan method, swinging ashore by a rope to join others of his group who lined up with strikers.(...)

Strike-Breaker gets off the Kingdoc at Welland by the Tarzan method, swinging ashore by a rope to join others of his group who lined up with strikers.(...)

Date6/5/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strike-Breaker gets off the Kingdoc at Welland by the Tarzan method; swinging ashore by a rope to join others of his group who lined up with strikers. Crew allege they were hired in Montreal without being told of the strike; have been sleepless since Sunday.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017402F
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