Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere
Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere

Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere

Date11/29/1973
Names
Alternate Title
  • Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere
  • Oil Drums; the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere. It may be different at this site c because of the road empty trucks may cart them out if financialy possible.
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Oil Drums; the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere. It may be different at this site c because of the road empty trucks may cart them out if financialy possible.
Subject
    Medium
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008882F
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in(...)
      A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in(...)
      Loek, Dick
      5/14/1973
      Stuffed with Marijuana worth $250,000, African tribal drums are broken open and emptied by RCMP officers who seized 150-pound shipment yesterday. Cpl.(...)
      Stuffed with Marijuana worth $250,000, African tribal drums are broken open and emptied by RCMP officers who seized 150-pound shipment yesterday. Cpl.(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      11/22/1968
      Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
      Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
      Spremo, Boris
      2/14/1970
      Drumming up Business, Dave Gusple rearranges stockpiles of drums in his store, Just Drums, on Yonge St., south of Finch Ave.
      Drumming up Business, Dave Gusple rearranges stockpiles of drums in his store, Just Drums, on Yonge St., south of Finch Ave.
      Madonik, Rick
      1/7/1993
      Gibson House may have historical value to North York, but it's certainly not worth sending half a million dollars to convert it into a museum, says Co(...)
      Gibson House may have historical value to North York, but it's certainly not worth sending half a million dollars to convert it into a museum, says Co(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      3/13/1970
      If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa, it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth(...)
      If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa, it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/22/1976
      Avtar Singh: He and his brothers had a few hundred dollars among them when they came to Canada. Now, they control a grocery chain worth millions.
      Avtar Singh: He and his brothers had a few hundred dollars among them when they came to Canada. Now, they control a grocery chain worth millions.
      Stuparyk, Michael
      8/1/1989
      Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty, along with Marco Muzzo and Alfredo (Fred) DeGasperis have developed billions of dollars worth of real estate in southern Ontari(...)
      Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty, along with Marco Muzzo and Alfredo (Fred) DeGasperis have developed billions of dollars worth of real estate in southern Ontari(...)
      Bratty, Rudolf
      1/20/1989
      Silver Dollars -$300 worth - pour into hands of James Griffin of Toronto after he was named photographer of year by Commercial and Press Photographer'(...)
      Silver Dollars -$300 worth - pour into hands of James Griffin of Toronto after he was named photographer of year by Commercial and Press Photographer'(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      n.d.
      Traders at work juggle millions of dollars worth of currencies as they arrange deals for customers with counterparts around the world. These men, at t(...)
      Traders at work juggle millions of dollars worth of currencies as they arrange deals for customers with counterparts around the world. These men, at t(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/19/1971
      Rita Burns: Clairvoyant claims her advice to businessman was worth millions of dollars
      Rita Burns: Clairvoyant claims her advice to businessman was worth millions of dollars
      Beaty, Keith
      9/26/1983
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Beaty, Keith
      8/1/1981