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They're fixing a roof, Workmen rip up asphalt on podium roof of City Hall as the long search continues for the leaks in the roof above the office of Controller Margaret Campbell's secretary
They're fixing a roof, Workmen rip up asphalt on podium roof of City Hall as the long search continues for the leaks in the roof above the office of Controller Margaret Campbell's secretary

They're fixing a roof, Workmen rip up asphalt on podium roof of City Hall as the long search continues for the leaks in the roof above the office of Controller Margaret Campbell's secretary

Date4/29/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: They're fixing a roof; Workmen rip up asphalt on podium roof of City Hall as the long search continues for the leaks in the roof above the office of Controller Margaret Campbell's secretary.
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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_0111263F
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