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Jake Charendoff

Black and white archival photograph of two men sitting on a bench. The men are wearing railway uniforms including hats. The man in the foreground is speaking and gesturing with his hands. The man in the background is looking away from the camera.

Source: Toronto Star Archives, TSPA_0125854F

Date: January 1972

Jake Charendoff and Bert Fortune await passengers at Toronto’s Union Station. In 1972, Charendoff claimed the title of Toronto’s oldest Red Cap. He picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on opening day in 1927.