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Trail of debris: A garbage picker can read our litter the way others read tea leaves, finding in the flotsam of our throwaway culture insights into our lives and changing times
Trail of debris: A garbage picker can read our litter the way others read tea leaves, finding in the flotsam of our throwaway culture insights into our lives and changing times

Trail of debris: A garbage picker can read our litter the way others read tea leaves, finding in the flotsam of our throwaway culture insights into our lives and changing times

Date1/9/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trail of debris: A garbage picker can read our litter the way others read tea leaves; finding in the flotsam of our throwaway culture insights into our lives and changing times.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008116F
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      Canada in '80s: Reading the tea leaves of our future
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      Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
      Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
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      Piles of Debris litter an apartment suite in Driftwood Court apartment building, in the Jane-Finch Ave
      Piles of Debris litter an apartment suite in Driftwood Court apartment building, in the Jane-Finch Ave
      Lennon, Frank
      9/20/1971
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
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      9/25/1971
      Montreal accountant Norman LeBlanc, a former top man in IOS empire, also lives in Costa Rica, claims only he can sort our firm's affairs.
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      Bezant, Graham
      4/26/1974
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      Jan, a White Witch who lives in East York with her six children, says, Hopefully, witches have evolved to where destructive work is not a part of our lives. She said they do not believe in the devil
      Griffin, Doug
      5/27/1973
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      Loek, Dick
      1/13/1987
      Andraggon Kavanaugh: Father says family of four ready to lose our mortal lives to protest poverty in society.
      Andraggon Kavanaugh: Father says family of four ready to lose our mortal lives to protest poverty in society.
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      In tune: Jack Lenz, left, and partner Tony Kosinec have written songs that have become part of lives and even part of our history, their song for Frank Miller was a hit at the provincial Tory convention that made him premier designate
      In tune: Jack Lenz, left, and partner Tony Kosinec have written songs that have become part of lives and even part of our history, their song for Frank Miller was a hit at the provincial Tory convention that made him premier designate
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      Steeped in the history of tea, we sipped our way through tearooms to bring you this city guide
      Steeped in the history of tea, we sipped our way through tearooms to bring you this city guide
      Bull, Ron
      6/29/1985
      Close Call. Shawn Leblanc regains his composure on a bench while co-worker James Greene stares at the debris that fell as their scaffolding (seen at top) gave way
      Close Call. Shawn Leblanc regains his composure on a bench while co-worker James Greene stares at the debris that fell as their scaffolding (seen at top) gave way
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