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Doesn't look like much right now, but by tomorrow this will be a sleek and shiny racing car

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Doesn't look like much right now, but by tomorrow this will be a sleek and shiny racing car

Date4/10/1969

Names

Eaton, George (subject)

Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Doesn't look like much right now, but by tomorrow this will be a sleek and shiny racing car. Driver George Eaton, right, confers with Paul Cooke over carcass of this Formula A car. Tomorrow, car leaves for California where Eaton opens a 25-race bid to make it into upper ranks of North American racing drivers.

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Automobile racing

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0045234F

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