60-Mph hovecraft skims Toronto Harbor, With Toronto's skyline rising in the background, a 60-mile-an-hour hovercraft skims over the surface of Toronto(...)

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60-Mph hovecraft skims Toronto Harbor, With Toronto's skyline rising in the background, a 60-mile-an-hour hovercraft skims over the surface of Toronto(...)

Date1/31/1972

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: 60-Mph hovecraft skims Toronto Harbor; With Toronto's skyline rising in the background; a 60-mile-an-hour hovercraft skims over the surface of Toronto harbor on a cushion of air yesterday during test run of the vehicale; called the first hovercraft design

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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Object NumberTSPA_0008744F

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