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Top down trauma

Date10/12/1988

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Top down trauma: Cruising with the top down was hazardous to the health of convertibles near Alliston yesterday after 30 centimetres of wet snow felled trees and power lines; leaving thousands wtithout hydro.

Subject

Storms

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015580F

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