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Cockroaches Crawl around the flat Rene Legault, his wife and their four children occupy in a dilapidated house in Montreal's inner city, but it costs (...)
Cockroaches Crawl around the flat Rene Legault, his wife and their four children occupy in a dilapidated house in Montreal's inner city, but it costs (...)

Cockroaches Crawl around the flat Rene Legault, his wife and their four children occupy in a dilapidated house in Montreal's inner city, but it costs (...)

Date10/22/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cockroaches Crawl around the flat Rene Legault; his wife and their four children occupy in a dilapidated house in Montreal's inner city; but it costs only $58 a month and they can't afford anything better. Only the elder son; Jean; left is employed. The other children are Pierre; 16; Marie-France; 13; Carmen; 18.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0105700F
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