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Imported cars head east, Sunlight is reflected from the roofs of imported Volkswagen cars being carried to market from the east coast, where they were(...)
Imported cars head east, Sunlight is reflected from the roofs of imported Volkswagen cars being carried to market from the east coast, where they were(...)

Imported cars head east, Sunlight is reflected from the roofs of imported Volkswagen cars being carried to market from the east coast, where they were(...)

Date3/2/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Imported cars head east; Sunlight is reflected from the roofs of imported Volkswagen cars being carried to market from the east coast; where they were unloaded after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Photo was taken; looking west; from a bridge on Markham Road overlooking CP Rail's freight yards northeast of Metropolitan Toronto.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012581F
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      Big three in Canadian sales of imported cars are Honda, Toyota and Datsun
      Mahler, John
      10/20/1976
      Two cars were trapped on the crumbling bridge on Friday night and one of the motorists spent an anxious four hours on the roof of his car before being(...)
      Two cars were trapped on the crumbling bridge on Friday night and one of the motorists spent an anxious four hours on the roof of his car before being(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      10/21/1954
      Huge shipment of Volkswagens reached Toronto harbor yesterday and cars could be the last from Germany to be sold at current prices. West Germany Monda(...)
      Huge shipment of Volkswagens reached Toronto harbor yesterday and cars could be the last from Germany to be sold at current prices. West Germany Monda(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      5/10/1971
      On the cars and off. Being the journal of pilgrimage along the queen's highway to the east, from Halifax in Nova Scotia to Victoria in Vancouver's Island
      On the cars and off. Being the journal of pilgrimage along the queen's highway to the east, from Halifax in Nova Scotia to Victoria in Vancouver's Island
      Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947
      1895
      Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
      Old cars come out like new. Restoring antique cars is the hobby and the business of Ron Fawcett of Whitby leading on a 1956 Thunderbird under the Harvard trainer mounted on the roof. Fawcett has restored cars for museums in Ottawa. Oshawa and Niagara Fall
      Darrell, Dick
      11/3/1975
      A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
      A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
      Spremo, Boris
      3/22/1980
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1957
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor car's gas tank while car being welded
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor car's gas tank while car being welded
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1957
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1957
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Gerrard Street East, north side, between Church & Mutual Streets, aftermath of fire caused by explosion of motor-car's gas tank while car was being welded
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1957
      Owner Jack Lillico waves from his 1926 vintage Model T Ford Depot Hack as he coasts down the sleekly modern ramp of Toronto City Hall. Car's Vancouver(...)
      Owner Jack Lillico waves from his 1926 vintage Model T Ford Depot Hack as he coasts down the sleekly modern ramp of Toronto City Hall. Car's Vancouver(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/27/1967
      Tire importers: 70-year-old Harry Sherkin, left, and brother Charles, 57, have found that a heavy duty tire that would cost almost $85 in Canada can be imported from the Far East for only $58
      Tire importers: 70-year-old Harry Sherkin, left, and brother Charles, 57, have found that a heavy duty tire that would cost almost $85 in Canada can be imported from the Far East for only $58
      Lennon, Frank
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