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Cameras, toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission, where Dave Lane puts the(...)
Cameras, toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission, where Dave Lane puts the(...)

Cameras, toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission, where Dave Lane puts the(...)

Date1/29/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cameras; toys and a mountain of gloves are turned in every day to the lost articles office of the Toronto Transit Commission; where Dave Lane puts them into bins and Allan Muise holds one week's turn-in of gloves. About 50;000 items are turned in each year; showing riders' honesty.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009299F
It will be tough making enough between now and Christmas to finish our shopping, but we're hoping for snow, said 11-year-old Burt Davenport (right) as(...)
It will be tough making enough between now and Christmas to finish our shopping, but we're hoping for snow, said 11-year-old Burt Davenport (right) as(...)
11/15/1977
Skipper left $4,600 'TIP', Two Yonge St
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A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
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12/22/1977
Script girl holds board identifying shot as camera prepares to film The Star's city room, where all news copy is edited
Script girl holds board identifying shot as camera prepares to film The Star's city room, where all news copy is edited
5/19/1958
Gloves In Hand, Prof. Boyer leaves the court house. Star witness in the espionage case, Igor Gouzenko was a former decoding clerk in the office of the Russian military attache at Ottawa
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3/23/1946
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
6/9/1972
Image shows a portrait of a gentleman.
Robert Blackwood: The Jamaican lost a two-year legal bid a exclude cameras from his refugee hearing yesterday, but later won freedom from the cuffs
10/20/1992
Articles of association of the bank by commission (en commandite) of Viger, De Witt & co.
Articles of association of the bank by commission (en commandite) of Viger, De Witt & co.
1835
First television coverage of presentation of Ontario's provincial budget occurred today as TV cameras were put on floor at Queen's Park. Provincial Tr(...)
First television coverage of presentation of Ontario's provincial budget occurred today as TV cameras were put on floor at Queen's Park. Provincial Tr(...)
3/4/1969
Santa perches in front of Ajax Transit's special Christmas but which, with Santa at the wheel, picks up toys for charity and visits homes for the aged
Santa perches in front of Ajax Transit's special Christmas but which, with Santa at the wheel, picks up toys for charity and visits homes for the aged
12/15/1993
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
12/31/1982
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
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