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4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes

4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes

Date4/22/1974
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  • 4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
  • 4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes.
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Original Toronto Star caption: 4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes.
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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_0007311F
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      Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
      Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
      Mahler, John
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      4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
      4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
      Loek, Dick
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      Behind Sandbags: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hibbard watch Lake Ontario hit the Frenchman's Bay shoreline yesterday as sandbags protect their home
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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      Dixon, F. E. (Frederick Eldon), 1834-1905
      1867