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Pollution Solution members collect glass for recycling

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Pollution Solution members collect glass for recycling

Date2/23/1973

Names

Teskey, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Pollution Solution members collect glass for recycling. They are; from left; Doreen Friesen; Joan Folkins; Mollye Brown and Helen Fraser. The group which was founded by Doreen and Joan; has received a Local Initiatives Program grant of $20;000 for the program in which paper; glass and tin will be collected.

Subject

Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Medium

Photographs

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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_0012766F

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