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Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)
Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)

Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)

Date8/30/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing; where founder Primo Poloniato (right) and production manager Angelo Capozzi check spaghetti off the drying-rack. Poloniato came to Canada from Italy at the age of 7.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007461F
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      Smith, Strathy
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