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Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm
Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm

Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm

Date12/5/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018390F
Horton Tree Farm worker Jamie Hopkins shows young school children how a cut Christmas tree is tied up with a mesh net by machine to make it easier to (...)
Horton Tree Farm worker Jamie Hopkins shows young school children how a cut Christmas tree is tied up with a mesh net by machine to make it easier to (...)
12/17/1976
Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm
Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm
11/29/1991
Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get s(...)
Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get s(...)
12/5/1968
Happiness is a tree of your very own, The bite of frosty air and crunch of snow underfoot as he hauls his own Christmas tree out of the bush north of (...)
Happiness is a tree of your very own, The bite of frosty air and crunch of snow underfoot as he hauls his own Christmas tree out of the bush north of (...)
12/6/1967
Everybody still on?, A tractor pulls a flatbed full of parents and children on their way to chop down a tree at Horton Tree Farms yesterday
Everybody still on?, A tractor pulls a flatbed full of parents and children on their way to chop down a tree at Horton Tree Farms yesterday
12/16/1984
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
11/21/1990
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
11/30/1987
Proud lumberjack: Billy Dunlop, 5, found just the Christmas tree for his family at the Bose Tress Farm, one of several serve-yourself farms in the Metro area
Proud lumberjack: Billy Dunlop, 5, found just the Christmas tree for his family at the Bose Tress Farm, one of several serve-yourself farms in the Metro area
12/7/1982
Down on the farm: Cutting the family Christmas tree provides fun and exercise for the family, but after it's in the home, it can become a potential safety hazard unless proper precautions are taken
Down on the farm: Cutting the family Christmas tree provides fun and exercise for the family, but after it's in the home, it can become a potential safety hazard unless proper precautions are taken
12/17/1976
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
12/16/1984
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
12/12/1986
Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
12/8/1983