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A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight, hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. (...)
A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight, hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. (...)

A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight, hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. (...)

Date11/26/1974
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  • A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight, hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. (...)
  • A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight; hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. on Simcone St. in Oshawa; watched over by guard Bert Stinson; who directs traffic through the yard. The company stamps and plates bumpers for the big automobile manufacturers and this is a supply of them awaiting shipment; most of them to the U.S.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight; hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. on Simcone St. in Oshawa; watched over by guard Bert Stinson; who directs traffic through the yard. The company stamps and plates bumpers for the big automobile manufacturers and this is a supply of them awaiting shipment; most of them to the U.S.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107275F
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    The battle of the bumpers begins
    The battle of the bumpers begins
    Bull, Ron
    8/28/1975
    Clean Machiine: The flush-mounted panels of metal and glass and aeroform bumpers and wheels, provide a surprising side benefit: The Previa is delightfully easy to wash
    Clean Machiine: The flush-mounted panels of metal and glass and aeroform bumpers and wheels, provide a surprising side benefit: The Previa is delightfully easy to wash
    Eglinton, Rick
    5/1/1990
    Like new: Tom Annand checks the gleaming bumpers as they come out of their chrome bath, just before they're carefully packed for shipping
    Like new: Tom Annand checks the gleaming bumpers as they come out of their chrome bath, just before they're carefully packed for shipping
    Spremo, Boris
    5/5/1982
    Bumper crop
    Bumper crop
    Rankin, Jim
    8/26/1992
    Bumper to Bumper: Boats are bigger, faster, and there are more of them
    Bumper to Bumper: Boats are bigger, faster, and there are more of them
    Bull, Ron
    8/12/1989
    The holiday exodus, Bumper - to - bumper traffic pours northward last night along Highway 400 as Metro residents headed away for trhe year's first warm weather, long weekend holiday
    The holiday exodus, Bumper - to - bumper traffic pours northward last night along Highway 400 as Metro residents headed away for trhe year's first warm weather, long weekend holiday
    Ross, Fred
    5/16/1969
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic clogs Queen St
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic clogs Queen St
    Bull, Ron
    11/26/1975
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic inches along yesterday afternoon on University Ave
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic inches along yesterday afternoon on University Ave
    Lennon, Frank
    8/27/1974
    Yonge St. looking north from Gould is no longer a stretch of bumper-to-bumper traffic but a pedestrian-tempting garden of flowers, trees, outdoor tabl(...)
    Yonge St. looking north from Gould is no longer a stretch of bumper-to-bumper traffic but a pedestrian-tempting garden of flowers, trees, outdoor tabl(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    6/20/1973
    Gracie fields visits. Hundreds gathered at the beautiful Oshawa home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin Saturday afternoon, to attend the annual chrysan(...)
    Gracie fields visits. Hundreds gathered at the beautiful Oshawa home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin Saturday afternoon, to attend the annual chrysan(...)
    McLaughlin, R. S. (Robert Samuel)
    11/10/1941
    In Jim Hughes' cluttered office at Campaign Life Ontario, a bumper sticker on the wall says Everyone Deserves A Birthday, Stop Abortion
    In Jim Hughes' cluttered office at Campaign Life Ontario, a bumper sticker on the wall says Everyone Deserves A Birthday, Stop Abortion
    Beaty, Keith
    8/19/1983
    Yippee, Premier Bob Rae prepares to make contact yesterday as he rides the bumper boats at Ontario Place
    Yippee, Premier Bob Rae prepares to make contact yesterday as he rides the bumper boats at Ontario Place
    Rae, Bob
    8/11/1991