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Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail, the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters
Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail, the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters

Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail, the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters

Date9/27/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Clerks painstakingly sort through the unmachineable mail; the parcels and letters too bulky for the automatic sorters.
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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_0011113F
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am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
am Westergard engineers a big load of sorted parcels from out of town through the city yard of the post office yesterday.[Incomplete]
12/12/1973
Damaged parcels that had contained books are sometimes wrapped in plastic by the post office
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1/15/1975
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Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
9/15/1973
On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
7/8/1981
Catching the code: The nimble fingers of Marie Bright remove the mail from a code-reading machine after the letters have been transported via high-speed conveyor belts from the sorting office
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9/27/1977
Postal-coded letters, along with those without the code, are popped into the correct pigeon-holes in the mail-sorting racks yesterday in Toronto's dow(...)
Postal-coded letters, along with those without the code, are popped into the correct pigeon-holes in the mail-sorting racks yesterday in Toronto's dow(...)
3/20/1975
One of the 17 women working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, Violet Toth tries to track down destination of misguided letters on her desk. Last year,(...)
One of the 17 women working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, Violet Toth tries to track down destination of misguided letters on her desk. Last year,(...)
12/21/1977
Christmas greetings come through them, The extra help hired for the Christmas rush - and there were long line-ups for the job-sort through the torrent(...)
Christmas greetings come through them, The extra help hired for the Christmas rush - and there were long line-ups for the job-sort through the torrent(...)
12/16/1970
Mail sorters from the city delivery building picket the building today in a walkout protesting long delays in negotiations for a contract. [Incomplete]
Mail sorters from the city delivery building picket the building today in a walkout protesting long delays in negotiations for a contract. [Incomplete]
12/8/1972
Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
Moving a mountain of mail started today as Toronto's 1,400 postmen and 2,200 sorters came back to work after a six-day walkout. Toronto Post Office is(...)
7/30/1965
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
12/14/1976