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The wicker work baskets the girls have filled with petals are dumped into sacks for transfer to the distilling plant
The wicker work baskets the girls have filled with petals are dumped into sacks for transfer to the distilling plant

The wicker work baskets the girls have filled with petals are dumped into sacks for transfer to the distilling plant

Date1/18/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: The wicker work baskets the girls have filled with petals are dumped into sacks for transfer to the distilling plant. For one ounce of rose oil nearly 32;000 roses are required; and it takes nearly 9;000 pounds of roses to make merely one ounce of essence.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116869F
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