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Row on row of Garbage

Date8/25/1988

Names

Stuparyk, Michael (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Row on row of Garbage: An airport worker piles up garbage that has been compressed into briquettes. A backlog of 160 tonnes of garbage sits at the airport.

Subject

Refuse and refuse disposal

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002902F

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