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Rivers of foam startked Torontonians saw on city streets yesteday were the latest brain-wave of the street-cleaning department to keep the city clean.(...)
Rivers of foam startked Torontonians saw on city streets yesteday were the latest brain-wave of the street-cleaning department to keep the city clean.(...)

Rivers of foam startked Torontonians saw on city streets yesteday were the latest brain-wave of the street-cleaning department to keep the city clean.(...)

Date9/12/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rivers of foam startked Torontonians saw on city streets yesteday were the latest brain-wave of the street-cleaning department to keep the city clean. Chemicals added to the water sprayed removes dirt and grease
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0115092F
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      Grant, Frank
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      Metro chairman Paul Godfrey, shown above in City Hall council, should be a genuine servant of the people: elected, not appointed, by Torontonians at large, a reader says in the letter below
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      Godfrey, Paul Victor, 1939-
      7/13/1973
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      Griffin, Doug
      8/30/1973
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Holman, Libby
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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