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Getting shipshape

Date4/6/1982

Names

Cooper, David (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Getting shipshape: Lake freighter Meldrum Bay - all 620 feet of her - is being cleaned and polished in Toronto harbor in preparation for her first voyage of the new shipping season on the Great Lakes.

Subject

Ships

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014278F

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