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Canada's deputy postmaster general, J
Canada's deputy postmaster general, J

Canada's deputy postmaster general, J

Date12/17/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Canada's deputy postmaster general; J. A. MacKay; in the letter below; says the new postal code will enable his department to replace outdated mail-sorting systems; as pictured above; with mechanized and automated systems which will end the delays in postal delivery at present.
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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_0011122F
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
7/5/1973
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
12/12/1973
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
Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
11/19/1972
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
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
9/27/1977
Letters and Christmas cards are sorted along the sides of a conveyor belt
Letters and Christmas cards are sorted along the sides of a conveyor belt
12/12/1973
Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below
Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below
9/18/1974
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
10/22/1974
Old methods such as the letter sorting used by Jo Campbell will not be around much longer as the Post Office prepares semi-automated factories that wi(...)
Old methods such as the letter sorting used by Jo Campbell will not be around much longer as the Post Office prepares semi-automated factories that wi(...)
9/4/1974
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
Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7
Part of rear guard of almost 5,000 inside workers who sorted and sifted 7
3/10/1977
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