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Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house

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Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house

Date4/18/1968

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Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Mitchell, Joni (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Three years ago Joni Mitchell was offered a job as a dishwasher in a Yorkville coffee house. This week and next, at the same coffee house, she's the star entertainer. Three years from now she may be one of the biggest names in North American folk music.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068856F

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