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Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window

Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window

Date3/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children; Samuel; 3; and Jordana; 2; on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012657F
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