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Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family
Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family

Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family

Date2/23/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012887F
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