Hidden faces of Toronto

Patient

Patient
March 8, 1975
Dick Darrell/Toronto Star

An unnamed patient stares out the window of 999 Queen Street, now known as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Unemployed ex-convict

Unemployed 
Bob Olsen/Toronto Star
August 30, 1971

“'It gets lonely, sometimes just playing with the cat', says an unemployed ex-convict as he stares bleakly out his window,” reads the Toronto Star caption printed with this photo.

It accompanied a story on the John Howard Society, which helps released prisoners to re-integrate into society.

Homeless

Man on the street
Boris Spremo/Toronto Star
December 13, 1991

A man with his cat panhandles on Yonge Street in 1991.

Walking out on husband

Walking out
Frank Lennon/Toronto Star
August 29, 1978

This image accompanied a 1978 Toronto Star story about Canadian women facing difficult life decisions.

Cool hippies

Cool hippies
Dick Darrell/Toronto Star
August 30, 1967

Young protesters huddle under a blanket as part of a “sleep-in” and “starve-in” at City Hall in August, 1967.

The demonstration was part of a campaign to have Yorkville Avenue closed to traffic.

No re-Leaf

No re-Leaf
Doug Griffin/Toronto Star
December 4, 1984

A couple of Leaf fans apparently did not want to be seen in Maple Leaf Gardens.

The Leafs had won only four of 26 games to date in the 1984/1985 season.

Hidden faces of Toronto