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Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood
Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood

Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood

Date3/23/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Harriet Reisler watches volunteers carrying soiled garments from dress shop after Port Hope flood.
Subject
GeographyGeographical FeatureGanaraska River (Ont.)
GeographyCity, town, townshipPort Hope
GeographyCountyNorthumberland (Ont. : County)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Photographs
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007264F
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/23/1980
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/13/1948
Raging torrent: Ganaraska River roars through downtown Port Hope in worst floods to hit the town in memory last night
Raging torrent: Ganaraska River roars through downtown Port Hope in worst floods to hit the town in memory last night
Lennon, Frank
3/22/1973
A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
Spremo, Boris
3/22/1980
Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd
Volunteers worked late into the night building sandbag walls against 10-feet waves which threatened Lakeshore Rd
Brennan, Pat
4/9/1973
4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
4. A line of volunteers are placing sandbags on of the weaker parts of the dikes
Loek, Dick
4/22/1974
Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
Volunteers help pile 12,000 sandbags around farmer Ed Zylema's home near Winnipeg
Mahler, John
4/25/1979
A volunteer fireman searches for flood victims under a tree on the banks of the Rapid Creek, west of Rapid City, S
A volunteer fireman searches for flood victims under a tree on the banks of the Rapid Creek, west of Rapid City, S
Ross, Fred
6/10/1972
Dorothy Robinson watches from the window as waves hit her lakeshore home at Bay Ridges yesterday
Dorothy Robinson watches from the window as waves hit her lakeshore home at Bay Ridges yesterday
Dutton, Don
4/9/1973
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
Man standing next to a notice of development for flood plain lands, Humber Valley Conservation Authority
Ontario.‏ ‎Conservation Authorities Branch‏
1950
Wreckage of Sears store lies in Port Hope street
Wreckage of Sears store lies in Port Hope street
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/23/1980
The milk must go through, Flood or no flood this conciencious milkman in St
The milk must go through, Flood or no flood this conciencious milkman in St
Ross, Fred
3/17/1973