Shrinking dump

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Shrinking dump

Date3/30/1987

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Shrinking dump: Crews clear away garbage piled on the parking lot at Mitchell Field Arena as civic services get back to normal in North York; after a 19-day strike by city workers. Garbage at temporary dumps around the city is expected to be gone by week's end.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016632F

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