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Laying out oil boom
Laying out oil boom

Laying out oil boom

Date6/23/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Laying out oil boom: Fran Dorr (left) and Tad Clark from Clayton; N.Y.; have been working since 4 a.m. Wednesday trying to contain the thousands of gallons of bunker oil that have coated 20 miles of St. Lawrence and its shores.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011077F
      They've been laying an oil boom
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      Stuparyk, Michael
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      Gordie howe and boom boom Geoffrion, inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame in ceremonies last night, take time out to chat with Boston Bruins stars Bobby(...)
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      Loek, Dick
      8/24/1972
      Boom! and the balloon is properly blasted, His fangs straight out in front like needle-rapiers, Buster completes his strike. The balloon snaps, and wi(...)
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      Eisendrath Jr, David
      1/21/1942
      The funnyman, Getting in the mood for tonight's opening Grandstant show Victor Borge tries out huge asbestos suit and a mobile fire truck boom
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      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/20/1965
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      Mahler, John
      11/10/1977
      The garden, or, Familiar instructions for the laying out and management of a flower garden
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      Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868
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      Image shows a Toronto Harbour map.
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      Howard, John G. (John George), 1803-1890
      1852
      Boom town: Architect Raymond Moriyama and North York Mayor Mel Lastman look over model of civic-centre expansion that is expected to spark a development boom
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      Darrell, Dick
      10/4/1982
      Garrick HagonéActor. ''They tell me weird stories of my mother holding me in the shelter and me saying, 'Bombs go boom, boom.''' Thus Garrick Hagon re(...)
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      Hagon, Garrick
      n.d.
      The building boom continues. Another chapter in Toronto's building boom is taking shape on Bloor St. opposite Varsity Stadium. It's the Ontario Instit(...)
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      Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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