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Looking over garbage dump on Heart Lake Rd
Looking over garbage dump on Heart Lake Rd

Looking over garbage dump on Heart Lake Rd

Date5/1/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Looking over garbage dump on Heart Lake Rd.; Brampton; Mrs. Carole Hawley; with her son Craig; rejects the site as a garbage dump. There are other sites which would be far more suitable . . . rather than literally dumping it in our backyards; says the Brampton resident; below.
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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_0012497F
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