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By Bike, by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville
By Bike, by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville

By Bike, by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville

Date1/1/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: By Bike; by broom -- hippies fight the cars in yorkville. Hippies; riding tandem on a bike on traffic-clogged Yorkville last night; est sign past patrolling policeman in second night of demonstration Help Yorkville survive-stop traffic . . . be non-violent. Hippies want street closed to automobiles and turned into a pedestrian mall. Centre: Policeman wraps arm around the neck of visitor to street; in a stranglehold; and shoves him toward waiting paddy wagon while two other policemen stand by to help. [Incomplete]
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008367F