Today gasoline rationing begins and this (right) is how one downtown parking lot looks today

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Today gasoline rationing begins and this (right) is how one downtown parking lot looks today

Date4/1/1942

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Today gasoline rationing begins and this (right) is how one downtown parking lot looks today. There'll be no jams here from now on; obviously.

Subject

Parking meters

Parking lots

Automobile parking

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010808F

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