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Evicted for the fifth time in a year, Charlie Rolfe, who's 47 and disabled, carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to(...)
Evicted for the fifth time in a year, Charlie Rolfe, who's 47 and disabled, carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to(...)

Evicted for the fifth time in a year, Charlie Rolfe, who's 47 and disabled, carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to(...)

Date4/14/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Evicted for the fifth time in a year; Charlie Rolfe; who's 47 and disabled; carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to people who will convert it to a townhouse. Roomers downtown are being displaced as houses are demolished or renovated.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008668F
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