Fit to drink

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Fit to drink

Date4/5/1988

Names

Swainson, Gail (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Fit to drink: While his children Sarah; 7; Daniel; 10; and Adam; 4; fill up with clear drinking water from a tanker brought in by the village of Beeton; their father Harold Ritchie holds a clear glass vial of local tap water containing iron sediment.

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Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0010982F

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