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Phew incidents marred the sleep-in in front of City Hall last night as this pet skunk tugged at its leash to nose curiously at a hippie sleeping beside its owner
Phew incidents marred the sleep-in in front of City Hall last night as this pet skunk tugged at its leash to nose curiously at a hippie sleeping beside its owner

Phew incidents marred the sleep-in in front of City Hall last night as this pet skunk tugged at its leash to nose curiously at a hippie sleeping beside its owner

Date8/24/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Phew incidents marred the sleep-in in front of City Hall last night as this pet skunk tugged at its leash to nose curiously at a hippie sleeping beside its owner.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008374F
Nose Ring worn by hippie at City Hall sleep-in is one of many bizarre ornaments favored by far-out set
Nose Ring worn by hippie at City Hall sleep-in is one of many bizarre ornaments favored by far-out set
8/24/1967
Sleep-In of 150 Yorkville hippies in front of City Hall began last night as boys and girls settled down with sleeping bags and blankets. It ended this(...)
Sleep-In of 150 Yorkville hippies in front of City Hall began last night as boys and girls settled down with sleeping bags and blankets. It ended this(...)
8/23/1967
Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)
Sleep-in wakes up in the early morning light in front of City Hall, where 150 Yorkville hippies bedded down last night with sleeping bags and blankets(...)
8/24/1967
Hippies started their combined sleep-in and starve-in by settling down with blankets, sleeping-bags and placards in circle in front of City Hall late (...)
Hippies started their combined sleep-in and starve-in by settling down with blankets, sleeping-bags and placards in circle in front of City Hall late (...)
8/29/1967
It was cool inside, too. Chilled hippies, whose planned starve-in at City Hall last night was dispersed by police, huddle under blankets beside founta(...)
It was cool inside, too. Chilled hippies, whose planned starve-in at City Hall last night was dispersed by police, huddle under blankets beside founta(...)
8/30/1967
The Sit-in along Yorkville last night to protest the lack of response to their Queen's Park protest of the protestors' arrest, ended with police hustling elderly hippie off to jail
The Sit-in along Yorkville last night to protest the lack of response to their Queen's Park protest of the protestors' arrest, ended with police hustling elderly hippie off to jail
8/20/1987
Saturday night in hippie haven was a swinging affair as the new residents of the newly-opened hippie hostel on Spadina Road gathered in the living roo(...)
Saturday night in hippie haven was a swinging affair as the new residents of the newly-opened hippie hostel on Spadina Road gathered in the living roo(...)
1/1/1968
The hippie-with-a-rose, Bev Davies sits in front of life-size poster of W
The hippie-with-a-rose, Bev Davies sits in front of life-size poster of W
11/17/1967
Cool Hippies huddle under blanket, with only their toes protruding, beside their more stalwart comrade at City Hall today waiting for Board of Control meeting
Cool Hippies huddle under blanket, with only their toes protruding, beside their more stalwart comrade at City Hall today waiting for Board of Control meeting
8/30/1967
Hippie Haven. New rules
Hippie Haven. New rules
3/28/1968
Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control
Smokey and the chair: A hippie, identified only as Smokey, refuses to vacate Mayor Dennison's chair in protest against not being heard by Board of Control
8/30/1967
Bev Davies . . . The Hippie-With-A-Rose. Prince Philip was no stranger to her, after all
Bev Davies . . . The Hippie-With-A-Rose. Prince Philip was no stranger to her, after all
11/17/1967