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From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years
From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years

From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years

Date12/8/1937
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Original Toronto Star caption: From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years. Last week-end this Quebec mining town; founded almost entirely by Ontario men; celebrated the coming of the first railroad connection. Hon. Thomas A. Crerar; Canada's minister of mines and natural resources; was given the key of the city (5).
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105865F
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