Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Pastor to hippies, Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards, Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house, The Stepping Stone, in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free
Pastor to hippies, Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards, Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house, The Stepping Stone, in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free

Pastor to hippies, Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards, Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house, The Stepping Stone, in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free

Date9/2/1969
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Pastor to hippies; Rev. George Leroy serves coffee to Lance Edwards; Dave Colby and Norm Dickson at Leroy's coffee house; The Stepping Stone; in Toronto's Yorkville area. The coffee is free.
Subject
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022064F
Coffee break: David Jang, an employee of a Los Angeles car dealership, serves coffee in the pre-dawn darkness today to two National Guardsmen guarding the business from looters
Coffee break: David Jang, an employee of a Los Angeles car dealership, serves coffee in the pre-dawn darkness today to two National Guardsmen guarding the business from looters
5/1/1992
Rev. Malcolm Boyd in action at Toronto coffee house, Youth is disarmingly honest and open to truth
Rev. Malcolm Boyd in action at Toronto coffee house, Youth is disarmingly honest and open to truth
n.d.
Rebuilding plans for Queen St. Presbyterian Church were drafted by Rev. John C. Robson as he sipped coffee in a nearby restaurent while fire still raged
Rebuilding plans for Queen St. Presbyterian Church were drafted by Rev. John C. Robson as he sipped coffee in a nearby restaurent while fire still raged
1/11/1968
Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
4/18/1968
Three years ago, Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
Three years ago, Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
1967 circa
Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house
4/18/1968
Precision timing, dozens of monitors, cool heads and lots of coffee keep Pat Walker, Larry Brown and Norm Brodie on top of the action in a fleet of CB(...)
Precision timing, dozens of monitors, cool heads and lots of coffee keep Pat Walker, Larry Brown and Norm Brodie on top of the action in a fleet of CB(...)
11/18/1980
Jamicon-Born Leroy Steele. If you can't walk as a free man . . .
Jamicon-Born Leroy Steele. If you can't walk as a free man . . .
3/14/1978
Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Cracow, Poland, takes time out for cup of coffee with host Father Michael Smith, right, in Port Credit last nigh(...)
Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Cracow, Poland, takes time out for cup of coffee with host Father Michael Smith, right, in Port Credit last nigh(...)
9/9/1969
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
8/4/1988
Brenda Marshall, 22, hands out a free cup of coffee to a stranded motorist on Jarvis St
Brenda Marshall, 22, hands out a free cup of coffee to a stranded motorist on Jarvis St
9/12/1978
June Callwood, in private life Mrs. Trent Frayne, is a writer fighting for rights of the Yorkville hippies. She has four children from 23 to 7
June Callwood, in private life Mrs. Trent Frayne, is a writer fighting for rights of the Yorkville hippies. She has four children from 23 to 7
8/22/1968