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Metro -- A Building Boomtown, Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St
Metro -- A Building Boomtown, Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St

Metro -- A Building Boomtown, Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St

Date7/14/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro -- A Building Boomtown; Bell Telephone cable splicer Bill Liberty works in a manhole at the O'Keefe Centre on Front St.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017908F
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