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Yesterday's storm brought a day of trials and tribulations to Metro residents - pedestrians and motorists alike
Yesterday's storm brought a day of trials and tribulations to Metro residents - pedestrians and motorists alike

Yesterday's storm brought a day of trials and tribulations to Metro residents - pedestrians and motorists alike

Date2/25/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Yesterday's storm brought a day of trials and tribulations to Metro residents - pedestrians and motorists alike. At right a luckless driver is blocked in by plows clearing the Gardiner Expressway.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019688F
Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)
Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)
3/12/1968
Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie ...
If looks could kill: A fuming motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie Street at Sheppard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario in yesterday's storm, waiting and hoping that somebody will come to his aid. The storm battered Metro with snow, sleet and howling winds, turning streets into a sea of sludge.
2/12/1985
The tribulations of Tommy Tiptop
The tribulations of Tommy Tiptop
1887
A great day to stay in bed, It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs, motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Met(...)
A great day to stay in bed, It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs, motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Met(...)
12/28/1976
A cold day to make a buck, It was no time to stop for roasted chestnuts downtown yesterday as snow struck Metro at dusk and strong gusts whipped it into pedestrians' faces
A cold day to make a buck, It was no time to stop for roasted chestnuts downtown yesterday as snow struck Metro at dusk and strong gusts whipped it into pedestrians' faces
12/12/1976
Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
10/31/1989
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Motorists take pity on a stranded driver on Dewey Dr. at 7 a.m. today help him get his car moving. cation that driving conditions will be even worse a(...)
Motorists take pity on a stranded driver on Dewey Dr. at 7 a.m. today help him get his car moving. cation that driving conditions will be even worse a(...)
2/25/1965
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
5/16/1991
Something different: Judging by their smiles, these Metro pedestrians actually may be having fun as they make their way through downtown slush yesterday
Something different: Judging by their smiles, these Metro pedestrians actually may be having fun as they make their way through downtown slush yesterday
2/12/1988
Swim stars take centre stage. A quarlet of front-runners ham it up for the Cameras at yesterday's Olympic swimming trials at Etobicoke Olympium. Nose (...)
Swim stars take centre stage. A quarlet of front-runners ham it up for the Cameras at yesterday's Olympic swimming trials at Etobicoke Olympium. Nose (...)
6/1/1976