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Paying the price

Date11/4/1985

Names

Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Paying the price: Financial pressures mean that suicides; marriages break-ups and children with psychological problems all too often mark farm family life 1980s-style; says hog farmer Giselle Ireland.

Subject

Farms

Agriculture

Farmers

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023145F

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