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Morning Throwback: in the ’40s, there was no such thing as early retirement

By Brianne Hogan

Elderly man smoking pipe, sitting next to machines in factory, circa 1940
(Toronto Archives: Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 4698)

There’s nothing like a non-threatening old man smoking a pipe during his lunch break to remind us that aging gracefully is possible, even if you are being worked to the bone at 80 years old when you should be lying on a beach in Fort Lauderdale.

 
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