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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

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

Date4/2/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018435F
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