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That sinking feeling, An employee of Etobicoke's parks and recreation department hacks away at ice around an ice-cleaning tractor
That sinking feeling, An employee of Etobicoke's parks and recreation department hacks away at ice around an ice-cleaning tractor

That sinking feeling, An employee of Etobicoke's parks and recreation department hacks away at ice around an ice-cleaning tractor

Date2/23/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: That sinking feeling; An employee of Etobicoke's parks and recreation department hacks away at ice around an ice-cleaning tractor.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019721F
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