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Wait for spring might be good advice for the owner of this car, surrounded by window-high snow at Spadina Ave
Wait for spring might be good advice for the owner of this car, surrounded by window-high snow at Spadina Ave

Wait for spring might be good advice for the owner of this car, surrounded by window-high snow at Spadina Ave

Date2/19/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wait for spring might be good advice for the owner of this car; surrounded by window-high snow at Spadina Ave. and Adelaide St. Faced with this sort of problem; many left their cars at home this morning. Others who tried driving ended up with their cars in snowbanks or their motors stalled.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019694F
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