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This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)
This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)

This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)

Date8/11/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discover. Many of the farms have been abandoned by farmers.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019431F
Carts are used to haul away the loot
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