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A 40-foot Maple on Avenue Rd. won a court victory yesterday with the first convition on record under the Ontario Trees Act of 1883. The charge was lai(...)
A 40-foot Maple on Avenue Rd. won a court victory yesterday with the first convition on record under the Ontario Trees Act of 1883. The charge was lai(...)

A 40-foot Maple on Avenue Rd. won a court victory yesterday with the first convition on record under the Ontario Trees Act of 1883. The charge was lai(...)

Date2/27/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: A 40-foot Maple on Avenue Rd. won a court victory yesterday with the first convition on record under the Ontario Trees Act of 1883. The charge was laid by Shirley Strathy; a landscape architecture student; who saw workmen cutting the roots of tree while Brown School was being built.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018347F
Transplanting a tree is a tough job in any circumstance-but it's a lot harder when the tree is a delicate, 40-foot-high Schwedlerei maple from norther(...)
Transplanting a tree is a tough job in any circumstance-but it's a lot harder when the tree is a delicate, 40-foot-high Schwedlerei maple from norther(...)
2/26/1976
Storm's fury: Firemen examine a 15-metre (50-foot) maple split by lightning yesterday near the Ontario Science Centre
Storm's fury: Firemen examine a 15-metre (50-foot) maple split by lightning yesterday near the Ontario Science Centre
5/15/1988
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
11/11/1974
Tree lovers: Under the direction of teacher Robert Nagle, Melissa Smith, 18, and Robert Kidd, 18, plant seedling as part of the Trees for Today and Tomorrow program
Tree lovers: Under the direction of teacher Robert Nagle, Melissa Smith, 18, and Robert Kidd, 18, plant seedling as part of the Trees for Today and Tomorrow program
5/14/1990
Starting Small: Vanessa Tyson, 6, gets a hand as she and 800 other school children mark Tree Day yesterday by planting 1,200 trees in Riverdale Park
Starting Small: Vanessa Tyson, 6, gets a hand as she and 800 other school children mark Tree Day yesterday by planting 1,200 trees in Riverdale Park
4/21/1992
Fort George, Ontario, thorn trees planted on the common near the Fort
Fort George, Ontario, thorn trees planted on the common near the Fort
1913
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
1859
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
1859
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
1859
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
1859
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce, to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees
1859
Trees - Christmas Trees
Trees - Christmas Trees
11/28/1996