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Better prospects: There's more work to be had these days than back in the early 1980s when this young man, unemployed and unskilled, scanned the classified advertisements
Better prospects: There's more work to be had these days than back in the early 1980s when this young man, unemployed and unskilled, scanned the classified advertisements

Better prospects: There's more work to be had these days than back in the early 1980s when this young man, unemployed and unskilled, scanned the classified advertisements

Date8/14/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Better prospects: There's more work to be had these days than back in the early 1980s when this young man; unemployed and unskilled; scanned the classified advertisements.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018410F
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