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Makeshift home: Galextra Kavanaugh, left, husband Andraggon, daughter Mahogohney, 10, and son Mekel, 13, now live in a van in a City of York park.
Makeshift home: Galextra Kavanaugh, left, husband Andraggon, daughter Mahogohney, 10, and son Mekel, 13, now live in a van in a City of York park.

Makeshift home: Galextra Kavanaugh, left, husband Andraggon, daughter Mahogohney, 10, and son Mekel, 13, now live in a van in a City of York park.

Date11/4/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128875F
Andraggon Kavanaugh: Father says family of four ready to lose our mortal lives to protest poverty in society.
Andraggon Kavanaugh: Father says family of four ready to lose our mortal lives to protest poverty in society.
10/7/1991
Makeshift shrine: Man cries on Yonge St. city bench where people have left flowers for Gordon Napier, who died earlier this week.
Makeshift shrine: Man cries on Yonge St. city bench where people have left flowers for Gordon Napier, who died earlier this week.
10/11/1991
Celebrating Accord: Patriarch Abdellatif Adbul Qader presides over a family meal, flanked on left by son Bashar, wife Suhaila, daughter Reem, and on right by daughter Rana and husband Mohammad Rifaie
Celebrating Accord: Patriarch Abdellatif Adbul Qader presides over a family meal, flanked on left by son Bashar, wife Suhaila, daughter Reem, and on right by daughter Rana and husband Mohammad Rifaie
9/18/1993
Average family: Alan Marshall, left, holds daughter Katie, 3 1/2, as he and wife Betty, and son, 13-month-old Daniel watch details on Finance Michael Wilson's tax reforms on TV
Average family: Alan Marshall, left, holds daughter Katie, 3 1/2, as he and wife Betty, and son, 13-month-old Daniel watch details on Finance Michael Wilson's tax reforms on TV
6/18/1987
Halifax family: Steven Burns is flanked by daughters Emma, 13, left, and Maggy, 16. Mother, Janet Ross, walks ahead as son Ross, 9, bikes beside visitor Karin Hoffer, 16.
Halifax family: Steven Burns is flanked by daughters Emma, 13, left, and Maggy, 16. Mother, Janet Ross, walks ahead as son Ross, 9, bikes beside visitor Karin Hoffer, 16.
7/6/1990
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
2/28/1980
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
Moving into new home they had despaired of finding for their family of eight children, Albert Treadwell hands furniture down from top of truck to his wife Velma and daughter Vivian, 10, while son Gordon, 9, takes his tricycle
9/2/1968
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
1/10/1972
Kay Merhens, husband Peter and son Matthew, 13, have found happiness in a non-traditional marriage.
Kay Merhens, husband Peter and son Matthew, 13, have found happiness in a non-traditional marriage.
3/13/1981
The only cottage left when the city built a park on Toronto's eastern beach was the home of Kew Williams, son of Joseph Williams who created Kew Gardens. Park superintendent now lives in it
The only cottage left when the city built a park on Toronto's eastern beach was the home of Kew Williams, son of Joseph Williams who created Kew Gardens. Park superintendent now lives in it
8/1/1975
Terrifying ordeal: Manuel De Mendonca, at home after being held captive for 99 hours while his abductors drove his van across the country, weeps in the arms of his daughter Nancy, 5, as her recounts the terror of his ordeal.
Terrifying ordeal: Manuel De Mendonca, at home after being held captive for 99 hours while his abductors drove his van across the country, weeps in the arms of his daughter Nancy, 5, as her recounts the terror of his ordeal.
9/9/1983
Makeshift weapon: Taufique Mohammed holds broken board, one of several weapons used to damage his store and terroize staff and customers.
Makeshift weapon: Taufique Mohammed holds broken board, one of several weapons used to damage his store and terroize staff and customers.
11/18/1991