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Christine Coy, a worker at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, helps release 35,000 ladybugs yesterday to kill aphids that have taken over the graveyard
Christine Coy, a worker at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, helps release 35,000 ladybugs yesterday to kill aphids that have taken over the graveyard

Christine Coy, a worker at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, helps release 35,000 ladybugs yesterday to kill aphids that have taken over the graveyard

Date10 July 1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Christine Coy; a worker at Mount Pleasant Cemetery; helps release 35;000 ladybugs yesterday to kill aphids that have taken over the graveyard. The ladybug attack is part of the cemetery's move toward environmentally responsible bug control. An adult ladybug can eat 5;000 aphids in its lifetime.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodRosedale-Moore Park
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008987F
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      Chant, Donald, 1928-2007
      4/30/1971
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      First anniversary of the Noronic disaster was marked at Mount Pleasant cemetery yesterday when Mayor McCallum placed a wreath on the memorial erected (...)
      Noronic (Steamship)
      9/18/1950
      Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)
      Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/30/1970
      Eaton family mausoleum in Mount Pleasant Cemetery is one of the handsome memorials that make the cemetery a fascinating place to explore. Rare trees and shrubs are another attraction
      Eaton family mausoleum in Mount Pleasant Cemetery is one of the handsome memorials that make the cemetery a fascinating place to explore. Rare trees and shrubs are another attraction
      Eaton, Flora McCrea, Lady Eaton, 1880-1970
      9/25/1978
      Mount pleasant cemetery: Monument of Aeneas McCharles and his wife marks one of the first graves in the cemetery
      Mount pleasant cemetery: Monument of Aeneas McCharles and his wife marks one of the first graves in the cemetery
      Mahler, John
      27 July 1982
      Living memorial: A friend helps to plant a lilac tree in Humewood Park - a park that slain nanny Christine Prince loved - at a memorial service for the 25-year-old Welsh woman yesterday
      Living memorial: A friend helps to plant a lilac tree in Humewood Park - a park that slain nanny Christine Prince loved - at a memorial service for the 25-year-old Welsh woman yesterday
      Lennon, Frank
      6/29/1982
      Black and white postcard of a pond surrounded by trees. The caption on the bottom front states,…
      A Pond in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
      Approximately 1907
      Image shows a pond with surrounding trees in the cemetery.
      Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
      Unknown
      189-?
      Drawing shows a gravestone in the cemetery.
      Mowat, Sir Oliver, gravestone, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
      Eaton, Timothy, 1834-1907
      190?
      Image shows a cemetery monument with some trees and other monuments around.
      Freemasons Burial Plot, monument, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
      Unknown
      1933
      Image shows a gravestone in the cemetery.
      Sir Oliver Mowat gravestone, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/26/1927
      Image shows a statue holding a cross.
      Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.
      Bock, Tony
      8/20/1986