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Worth a pile: Piles of refuse at housing sites - like this one full of drywall scraps and an old kitchen sink - can mean money to salvagers
Worth a pile: Piles of refuse at housing sites - like this one full of drywall scraps and an old kitchen sink - can mean money to salvagers

Worth a pile: Piles of refuse at housing sites - like this one full of drywall scraps and an old kitchen sink - can mean money to salvagers

Date4/8/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Worth a pile: Piles of refuse at housing sites - like this one full of drywall scraps and an old kitchen sink - can mean money to salvagers.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008714F
      A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
      A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      8/18/1975
      Nova Moss, 79, shows she has plenty of change to spare for a good cause yesterday as she piles up the $80 in pennies and quarters that she has collect(...)
      Nova Moss, 79, shows she has plenty of change to spare for a good cause yesterday as she piles up the $80 in pennies and quarters that she has collect(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/4/1987
      Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage, too, in 18th day of strike by 4,000 civic workers
      Union leader's lawn piles up with garbage, too, in 18th day of strike by 4,000 civic workers
      Goode, Jeff
      4/27/1972
      Piles of luggage (RIGHT) have just been unloaded from the train
      Piles of luggage (RIGHT) have just been unloaded from the train
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/4/1944
      The walk through Allan Gardens gets narrower and narrower as the piles of garbage and trash grow steadily higher and wider. Douglas Evans, 7, must wal(...)
      The walk through Allan Gardens gets narrower and narrower as the piles of garbage and trash grow steadily higher and wider. Douglas Evans, 7, must wal(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      5/2/1972
      Loads of sweetness: Heavy equipment piles up tonnes of raw sugar at the Redpath Sugar refinery on Queen's Quay
      Loads of sweetness: Heavy equipment piles up tonnes of raw sugar at the Redpath Sugar refinery on Queen's Quay
      Beaty, Keith
      10/28/1985
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1974
      Bonanza: Firefighter Dave Collins is surrounded by piles of food donated at the Yonge-Yorkville fire station
      Bonanza: Firefighter Dave Collins is surrounded by piles of food donated at the Yonge-Yorkville fire station
      Gower, Patti
      10/11/1991
      Bargain hunters lose themselves in piles of merchandise at annual Hadassah Bazaar yesterday
      Bargain hunters lose themselves in piles of merchandise at annual Hadassah Bazaar yesterday
      Lennon, Frank
      11/1/1978
      Luggage piles up at Toronto International Airport after 100 members of Local 148 of the International Association of machinists and Aerospace Workers (...)
      Luggage piles up at Toronto International Airport after 100 members of Local 148 of the International Association of machinists and Aerospace Workers (...)
      Brennan, Pat
      2/10/1977
      Piles of garbage mount all over Metro, and Sheila Tishler from Briar Hill and her son Billy and his friend Jean Paul do their part in adding to a heap(...)
      Piles of garbage mount all over Metro, and Sheila Tishler from Briar Hill and her son Billy and his friend Jean Paul do their part in adding to a heap(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/12/1972
      Sunnyside beach gets a sweep-up, A bulldozer working in the water at the western end of Sunnyside beach piles up broken concrete, that had lined the w(...)
      Sunnyside beach gets a sweep-up, A bulldozer working in the water at the western end of Sunnyside beach piles up broken concrete, that had lined the w(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      5/9/1971