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A worker heads into the cane fields
A worker heads into the cane fields

A worker heads into the cane fields

Date9/24/1998
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Original Toronto Star caption: A worker heads into the cane fields
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116845F
Toronto immigrant women being trucked to the fields, Queen's Park survey shows 42 per cent of farm workers get less than $1.60 an hour
Toronto immigrant women being trucked to the fields, Queen's Park survey shows 42 per cent of farm workers get less than $1.60 an hour
9/15/1971
Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment
Tough times: Retired highway worker Gordon Fields makes some extra money cutting wood in his front yard in Timmins, hard-hit by the recession and a growing feeling of abandonment
8/14/1992
Graham Manley, 7, left, and brother Benjamin, 5, get a head start, in nearly empty fields, picking strawberries at Fairview Farms in Brampton The pick(...)
Graham Manley, 7, left, and brother Benjamin, 5, get a head start, in nearly empty fields, picking strawberries at Fairview Farms in Brampton The pick(...)
6/4/1993
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
9/1/1943
Replacement workers keep their heads down as they are bused past striking postal workers and into the South Central plant on Eastern Ave
Replacement workers keep their heads down as they are bused past striking postal workers and into the South Central plant on Eastern Ave
10/11/1987
Heads field: Gary Cowan of Kitchener shot a 65 yesterday to take a one-shot lead in the Ontario Amateur golf championship at Stouffville's Spring Lakes Golf Club
Heads field: Gary Cowan of Kitchener shot a 65 yesterday to take a one-shot lead in the Ontario Amateur golf championship at Stouffville's Spring Lakes Golf Club
7/7/1981
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
2/7/1978
Lovell: One of Canada's best cyclists heads the field at Sportsweek race.
Lovell: One of Canada's best cyclists heads the field at Sportsweek race.
5/1/1981
All smiles: TTC head Al Leach heads for home last night after transit workers voted to end their strike. Service was to resume at 5 a.m. today.
All smiles: TTC head Al Leach heads for home last night after transit workers voted to end their strike. Service was to resume at 5 a.m. today.
9/19/1991
Feet of 15 yr old working in cane field
Feet of 15 yr old working in cane field
9/24/1998
Cane-like sticks are handier for tripping field hockey opponents than for controlling the ball, but the Canadian Olympic team used them well enough ye(...)
Cane-like sticks are handier for tripping field hockey opponents than for controlling the ball, but the Canadian Olympic team used them well enough ye(...)
7/20/1976
Fall cornfields, Q Why so many fields of unharvested corn at this time of year? Each one of those fields looks like it's dead
Fall cornfields, Q Why so many fields of unharvested corn at this time of year? Each one of those fields looks like it's dead
8/22/1980