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Roy Barker has built a palatial new home, but uses his two-car garage only for his bicycle and his daughter's tractor
Roy Barker has built a palatial new home, but uses his two-car garage only for his bicycle and his daughter's tractor

Roy Barker has built a palatial new home, but uses his two-car garage only for his bicycle and his daughter's tractor

Date4/9/1955
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Original Toronto Star caption: Roy Barker has built a palatial new home, but uses his two-car garage only for his bicycle and his daughter's tractor. He refuses to buy a car. The other millionaires have modest homes.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipGreenstone
    GeographyNeighbourhoodGeraldton (Greenstone, Ontario)
    GeographyHistorical locationGeraldton (Ont.)
    GeographyRegion or DistrictThunder Bay (Ont : District)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
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    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTS-2-125-GO-190
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