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The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry
The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry

The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry

Date5/4/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: The festival city is thriving. Stratford knows how to weather fickle financial winds with one foot in the arts and the other in industry.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108265F
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It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above, blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal
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