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Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls
Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls

Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls

Date9/30/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Drowned radishes; Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls.
Subject
    GeographyGeographical FeatureHolland Marsh (Ont.)
    GeographyCountySimcoe (Ont. : County)
    GeographyRegion or DistrictYork (Ont. : Regional municipality)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007297F
      Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season
      Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season
      Dunlop, Alan
      6/12/1989
      To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
      To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
      Beaty, Keith
      7/31/1974
      Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
      Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/29/1976
      Weather Eye: Environment Canada weather co-ordinator Barb Grogan takes rainfall readings at the U of T station, where daily records have been kept continuously since 1840
      Weather Eye: Environment Canada weather co-ordinator Barb Grogan takes rainfall readings at the U of T station, where daily records have been kept continuously since 1840
      Bull, Ron
      7/26/1990
      Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight
      Don Valley waterway: A solitary Metro police car was the only vehicle on the road this morning as the Don Valley turned into one big lake after a record-setting rainfall overnight
      Beaty, Keith
      8/27/1986
      Florence Field, 9, gets a hand from her new sister, Mary-Ann, 13, as she learns to ride a bike at her new home
      Florence Field, 9, gets a hand from her new sister, Mary-Ann, 13, as she learns to ride a bike at her new home
      Field, Tony
      4/20/1977
      Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
      Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
      James, Norman
      10/18/1954
      an unidentified handicapped woman watched from her wheelchair as efforts were made to recover the bodies of the hadicapped and mentally retarded men and women who drowned in the accident
      an unidentified handicapped woman watched from her wheelchair as efforts were made to recover the bodies of the hadicapped and mentally retarded men and women who drowned in the accident
      Brazao, Dale
      8/5/1978
      Mexican-style cook Kathy Sortwell went with her Mexican husband to Puebla in the '50s and had a three-month immersion course in Spanish and cooking. Now she even pours chills on her Big Macs
      Mexican-style cook Kathy Sortwell went with her Mexican husband to Puebla in the '50s and had a three-month immersion course in Spanish and cooking. Now she even pours chills on her Big Macs
      Beaty, Keith
      9/18/1979
      Rising damp: Carol Shearing of Stouffville clears water and silt from the flooded basement of her home
      Rising damp: Carol Shearing of Stouffville clears water and silt from the flooded basement of her home
      Russell, Jim
      3/19/1986
      Crushing debts have left hog farmer Giselle Ireland not at all sure she can hold on to her farm for Debbie (left), Doug (right), and her two other children
      Crushing debts have left hog farmer Giselle Ireland not at all sure she can hold on to her farm for Debbie (left), Doug (right), and her two other children
      Beaty, Keith
      11/7/1985
      Waterlogged Books from the library at Orangeville District Secondary School are watched in the decompression chamber at the Downsview Canadian Armed F(...)
      Waterlogged Books from the library at Orangeville District Secondary School are watched in the decompression chamber at the Downsview Canadian Armed F(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/5/1974