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Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town
Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town

Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town

Date7/31/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca; a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town.
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Stop Signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town
Stop Signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town
7/31/1985
Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town
Stop signs: Indians stopped construction of a six-lane highway just outside Salamanca, a once-thriving community that now is becoming more like a ghost town
7/31/1985
Signs of the times. Not so lucky is the chap below. This forest of signs at the intersection of Spadina Expressway and Highway 401 is more than enough to confuse Confucius
Signs of the times. Not so lucky is the chap below. This forest of signs at the intersection of Spadina Expressway and Highway 401 is more than enough to confuse Confucius
7/6/1966
Story on ghost town brought out support for its local merchants, Harriston-The ghosts that once dominated this little farm town have disappeared
Story on ghost town brought out support for its local merchants, Harriston-The ghosts that once dominated this little farm town have disappeared
9/13/1982
Like his fellows, this Indian peasant meanders a national highway as if it's a village lane
Like his fellows, this Indian peasant meanders a national highway as if it's a village lane
3/20/1972
In foreground, a man and woman look towards a flame rising from a candle holder held jointly be ...
The hindu puja ceremony of blessing is performed outside a former Baptist Church on Indian Rd., in the High Park area, by Veerendra Adhiya and his wife, Kusum, to take possession of the building. It will be a community centre for Metro's 20,000 Indians, including a Hindu temple in the basement.
7/6/1972
Now 60 is legal, Highway 401 is getting signs to make 60-mile-an-hour driving legal
Now 60 is legal, Highway 401 is getting signs to make 60-mile-an-hour driving legal
5/29/1959
Signs of the times: Destruction and machinery for restoration are side by side in the town of Balvano, a remote valley community of the Basilicata region
Signs of the times: Destruction and machinery for restoration are side by side in the town of Balvano, a remote valley community of the Basilicata region
3/17/1984
Once proud hunters, Paraguay's displaced Toba-Maskoy Indians now live in scrapwood shacks and depend on government food shipments
Once proud hunters, Paraguay's displaced Toba-Maskoy Indians now live in scrapwood shacks and depend on government food shipments
3/6/1974
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
5/28/1971
One way to attract customers, Eye-catching signs and storefronts are becoming common-place throughout Metro, but not one seems to match this particula(...)
One way to attract customers, Eye-catching signs and storefronts are becoming common-place throughout Metro, but not one seems to match this particula(...)
3/23/1971
John Gibson, Won't stop working, Broker now $1 million richer, Becoming a millionaire overnight isn't going to stop John Gibson working as a real estate broker
John Gibson, Won't stop working, Broker now $1 million richer, Becoming a millionaire overnight isn't going to stop John Gibson working as a real estate broker
5/2/1977