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Record wrecker
Record wrecker

Record wrecker

Date7/21/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Record wrecker: Quebec veteran Herve Fillion blasted home first in the Maple Leaf Trot at Greenwood last night with Grades Singing equalling the stakes; track and world record for mares of any age on a five-eighths mile track with a briliant time of 1:57 2/5.
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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_0046998F
Faneuil Hall Marketplace: Saved from the wreckers and restored, this area is now one of Boston's most popular attractions
Faneuil Hall Marketplace: Saved from the wreckers and restored, this area is now one of Boston's most popular attractions
4/16/1985
CN Tower hard to miss. But the wrecker's ball fell - again and again - yesterday on Monarch Mills' waterfront grain elevators. A little camera tricker(...)
CN Tower hard to miss. But the wrecker's ball fell - again and again - yesterday on Monarch Mills' waterfront grain elevators. A little camera tricker(...)
8/16/1983
Glenn Miller played here, but now the wreckers' hammers are leveling Burlington's Brant Inn
Glenn Miller played here, but now the wreckers' hammers are leveling Burlington's Brant Inn
6/5/1969
Wreckers' Bulldozers may soon level proud old Sherbourne St
Wreckers' Bulldozers may soon level proud old Sherbourne St
n.d.
Langdon's Coach Lines (King City, Ontario), bus #11, at Dixie Auto Wreckers, Dundas St
Langdon's Coach Lines (King City, Ontario), bus #11, at Dixie Auto Wreckers, Dundas St
7/1/1955
Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
8/9/1988
Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
8/9/1988
Andrew smith estate sold. Above is a photograph of the old city registry office, which is now in the hands of the wreckers, who will tear it down in t(...)
Andrew smith estate sold. Above is a photograph of the old city registry office, which is now in the hands of the wreckers, who will tear it down in t(...)
n.d.
Home wrecker
Home wrecker
12/2/1990
Going, going...This was all that was left of Jose Gomes' home yesterday as wreckers continued to dismantle the house on Argyle St. that the Portuguese(...)
Going, going...This was all that was left of Jose Gomes' home yesterday as wreckers continued to dismantle the house on Argyle St. that the Portuguese(...)
4/4/1981
Matilda St. as it looks now after the bulldozers and the wreckers did their job. Cries of 'injustice,' 'inequity' and 'unfair dealing' arise from many of the 180 displaced homeowners
Matilda St. as it looks now after the bulldozers and the wreckers did their job. Cries of 'injustice,' 'inequity' and 'unfair dealing' arise from many of the 180 displaced homeowners
12/8/1966
Going, going. . . A long-time wrecker himself, Jonsey Reitapple, 83, watches as Tiger Wrecking knocks down buildings at 2478 Eglinton Ave. W., former (...)
Going, going. . . A long-time wrecker himself, Jonsey Reitapple, 83, watches as Tiger Wrecking knocks down buildings at 2478 Eglinton Ave. W., former (...)
8/15/1986