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The end of the road, Where will it all end, those long files of cars on the expressways? Many of them wind up at the American Auto Wreckers yard on Pa(...)
The end of the road, Where will it all end, those long files of cars on the expressways? Many of them wind up at the American Auto Wreckers yard on Pa(...)

The end of the road, Where will it all end, those long files of cars on the expressways? Many of them wind up at the American Auto Wreckers yard on Pa(...)

Date10/10/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The end of the road, Where will it all end, those long files of cars on the expressways? Many of them wind up at the American Auto Wreckers yard on Parliament St., where about 800 cars are heaped up, many of them late models. To complete the circle, though, a big billboard encourages car owners to replace the scrapped cars right away.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109459F
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Black and white picture of a city street scene with a gothic style building at the end of it.
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Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)
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Matilda St. as it looks now after the bulldozers and the wreckers did their job. Cries of 'injustice,' 'inequity' and 'unfair dealing' arise from many of the 180 displaced homeowners
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