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Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses

Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses

Date11/3/1987
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  • Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
  • Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro; where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro; where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses.
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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_0006393F
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