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Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station

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Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station

Date9/14/1971

Names

Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station. While Craig Jackson pumps gas; she makes her shopping selection at a push button console at the pump island at a gas station at Kingston Rd. and Muir Drive.

Subject

Service stations

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008082F

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