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you can almost hear its song, as a white-throated sparrow delicately perches on a fungus-covered stump

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you can almost hear its song, as a white-throated sparrow delicately perches on a fungus-covered stump

Date3/30/1977

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Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: you can almost hear its song; as a white-throated sparrow delicately perches on a fungus-covered stump. It took Glassford 30 hours of painstaking work to transform it from a chunk of basswood. He has had no formal art training; but has won many prizes.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103866F

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