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Beating the blahs

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Beating the blahs

Date2/18/1986

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Eglinton, Rick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Beating the blahs: Strolling with his dog Paddington along the icy lakeshore in the Beaches area; Julian Peters of Toronto fights off the misery of a seemingly endless Metro winter. A climatologist at an Edmonton conference; who has devised a misery index for Canadian cities in winter; says a little landscape touring is one of the best ways to beat the blahs.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109530F

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