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One of the box-like buildings of frame and tarpaper
One of the box-like buildings of frame and tarpaper

One of the box-like buildings of frame and tarpaper

Date9/26/1931
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Original Toronto Star caption: One of the box-like buildings of frame and tarpaper. A canvas top or tent will be placed over this to complete it. Bottom [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018484F
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      The temporary commercial centre consists of a row of fake-fronted frame buildings
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      Stawicki, Andrew
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      Hiroshima centopath frames the dome of the industrial exhibition hall, the only atom-bombed building that has been preserved. Relatives place flowers (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/4/1970
      Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)
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      Mahler, John
      2/21/1977
      The steel frame of one of the units of the great aluminum development at Arvida - Que
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/7/1926
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      Canadian Broadcasting Coorperation
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      Bock, Tony
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      With most pavilions having the same box-like appearance, the countries have put their own mark on them
      Mahler, John
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      The customer does all the work at so-called box stores like this
      The customer does all the work at so-called box stores like this
      Cooper, David
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      Ball perks: Business entertainment costs, like these box seats to Blue Jay games, will no longer be fully deductible under tax reform proposals
      Ball perks: Business entertainment costs, like these box seats to Blue Jay games, will no longer be fully deductible under tax reform proposals
      Dunlop, Al
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      No access: Scenes like this have occurred less frequently since the Ontario Building Code introduced strict regulations about making public buildings accessible for the handicapped
      No access: Scenes like this have occurred less frequently since the Ontario Building Code introduced strict regulations about making public buildings accessible for the handicapped
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/25/1984
      A box of croc. Jim Harrison, an Air Canada employee, gingerly opens a box containing one of two crocodiles that arrived Toronto International Airport (...)
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      Darrell, Dick
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