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After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on th(...)
After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on th(...)

After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on th(...)

Date12/16/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: After A 110-Mile Trip on a railway flat car Saturday night, Tony Walker, 13 (left), and Verne Lapine, 12, are glad to be home again. They jumped on the train to escape older boys and then it started moving. They couldn't get off until it reached Mactier, near Parry Sound in Muskoka.'
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Object NumberTSPA_0028431F
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