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Job-hunters: Men and women lined up by the thousand at Canada's Wonderland this morning to get application forms for 3,000 jobs at a new American Motors plant in Brampton
Job-hunters: Men and women lined up by the thousand at Canada's Wonderland this morning to get application forms for 3,000 jobs at a new American Motors plant in Brampton

Job-hunters: Men and women lined up by the thousand at Canada's Wonderland this morning to get application forms for 3,000 jobs at a new American Motors plant in Brampton

Date9/29/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Job-hunters: Men and women lined up by the thousand at Canada's Wonderland this morning to get application forms for 3;000 jobs at a new American Motors plant in Brampton.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018406F
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