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A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)

A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)

Date3/12/1971
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  • A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming house district. Lois Moore says the cockroaches weren't so bad ysterday-the fumigators had been in-but they were there for the boys to catch and put in jars.
  • A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming house district. Lois Moore says the cockroaches weren't so bad ysterday-the fumigators had been in-but they were there for the boys to catch and put in jars.
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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_0113695F
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      Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
      Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      3/12/1974
      Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
      Water overflowing upstairs made the hole in the ceiling 6-year-old Donald Moore points to while his little brother, Stephen, 5, plays on the cockroach(...)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/4/1987
      Rundown rooms
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      1/14/1988
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      President of firm that rents and sells bulk vending machines, Al La Porter says move by government to mint new, light and smaller one-cent coins could cost his company as much as $100,000
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/11/1984
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