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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

They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree

Date11/21/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018394F
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
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
Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm
Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm
12/5/1991
A day's outing can be lots of fun if family members go out to cut down their won Christmas tree
A day's outing can be lots of fun if family members go out to cut down their won Christmas tree
12/14/1980
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
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
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
All part of the job: Arborists Dale Kirby, left, and Leroy Martinson lay their power saws into a diseased tree that had been blown down by a storm near Gibson House, North York
All part of the job: Arborists Dale Kirby, left, and Leroy Martinson lay their power saws into a diseased tree that had been blown down by a storm near Gibson House, North York
4/2/1985
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
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
11/28/1986
A tree for tomorrow, Metro worker Jody Rosenblatt shows, from left, 8-year-old Andrew and Stephen Yuie, 5, Marie Macinally and Joe Holmes how to plant(...)
A tree for tomorrow, Metro worker Jody Rosenblatt shows, from left, 8-year-old Andrew and Stephen Yuie, 5, Marie Macinally and Joe Holmes how to plant(...)
5/12/1991
Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
11/16/1983