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Brothers in arms, Joe Matias flings a watermelon toward brother Jean's out-stretched hands yesterday during a delivery to a food market at Bloor St. W(...)
Brothers in arms, Joe Matias flings a watermelon toward brother Jean's out-stretched hands yesterday during a delivery to a food market at Bloor St. W(...)

Brothers in arms, Joe Matias flings a watermelon toward brother Jean's out-stretched hands yesterday during a delivery to a food market at Bloor St. W(...)

Date5/17/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Brothers in arms; Joe Matias flings a watermelon toward brother Jean's out-stretched hands yesterday during a delivery to a food market at Bloor St. W. and Roxton Rd. Forecasters call for breezy; cool weather todya with patches of morning clouds. Highs 16 to 19C (60 to 66F). People who fled to Muskoka-Hallburton this holiday weekend will have to contend with frost tonight.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015264F
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