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Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'
Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'

Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'

Date9/28/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Postman Gliddon: 'You can't help noticing the mail they get'
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0028221F
Poet Postman Bob Flanagan picks up mail before going out on his rounds in Thornhill
Poet Postman Bob Flanagan picks up mail before going out on his rounds in Thornhill
5/2/1977
Mailboxes causing super problems, Postman George Lumb delivers mail to this row of green Canada Post mailboxes on Westney Rd. in Ajax, which will even(...)
Mailboxes causing super problems, Postman George Lumb delivers mail to this row of green Canada Post mailboxes on Westney Rd. in Ajax, which will even(...)
3/16/1988
Bicycle built for 1 1/2 This postman ? he wouldn't give his name ? wasn't really delivquin legs for a sculpture and had to take them home on his bike ? turning a few heads in the process
Bicycle built for 1 1/2 This postman ? he wouldn't give his name ? wasn't really delivquin legs for a sculpture and had to take them home on his bike ? turning a few heads in the process
8/7/1980
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
7/5/1973
Supervisor Dave Frankland, He's filling in for an injured postman
Supervisor Dave Frankland, He's filling in for an injured postman
1/4/1972
We're going to miss him around here' Postman Tom Greenslade turned 65 yesterday and tenants at 33 Erskine Ave
We're going to miss him around here' Postman Tom Greenslade turned 65 yesterday and tenants at 33 Erskine Ave
5/26/1978
Postman Barry Davison, 27, father of six children, loses about $24 every time his unit takes a day off because of the rotating strikes. He still hasn'(...)
Postman Barry Davison, 27, father of six children, loses about $24 every time his unit takes a day off because of the rotating strikes. He still hasn'(...)
7/16/1970
Carrying 3-week-old letters, but being greeted like a long-lost friend by everyone on his route, Orvin Millett, postman, was back on the job yesterday(...)
Carrying 3-week-old letters, but being greeted like a long-lost friend by everyone on his route, Orvin Millett, postman, was back on the job yesterday(...)
8/9/1968
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
12/14/1976
Stamps with chips: Midhurst customers say they're happy to get mail and stamps over same counter they get chips and pickling spices at Bruce and Linda McDonald's store
Stamps with chips: Midhurst customers say they're happy to get mail and stamps over same counter they get chips and pickling spices at Bruce and Linda McDonald's store
10/27/1988
Through sleet and snow . . . Tom Jupp resorts to a blow torch yesterday to get his mail from a Mississauga supermailbox when it became frozen shut. It worked
Through sleet and snow . . . Tom Jupp resorts to a blow torch yesterday to get his mail from a Mississauga supermailbox when it became frozen shut. It worked
1/9/1991
Bags of mail piled up at Terminal A during the mail holdup caused by the Public Service Alliance picket lines
Bags of mail piled up at Terminal A during the mail holdup caused by the Public Service Alliance picket lines
2/28/1975