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Happy hitch-hikers. Matt Van Geffen tows his daughter, Kari, 4 (at the back of the wagon), and her friend, Leslie Meyers, 3, home along Queen's Quay a(...)

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Happy hitch-hikers. Matt Van Geffen tows his daughter, Kari, 4 (at the back of the wagon), and her friend, Leslie Meyers, 3, home along Queen's Quay a(...)

Date9/22/1987

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy hitch-hikers. Matt Van Geffen tows his daughter; Kari; 4 (at the back of the wagon); and her friend; Leslie Meyers; 3; home along Queen's Quay after picking them up from the Toronto Islands ferry. The girls are pre-school students at the Montessori school on the Islands. The school; began in 1974 for children on the Islands; sometimes accepts students from the mainland if there are openings.

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People with disabilities

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022787F

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