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Duke and Duchess grab spades for planting a metasequoia tree in Montreal's Botanical Gardens
Duke and Duchess grab spades for planting a metasequoia tree in Montreal's Botanical Gardens

Duke and Duchess grab spades for planting a metasequoia tree in Montreal's Botanical Gardens

Date7/21/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Duke and Duchess grab spades for planting a metasequoia tree in Montreal's Botanical Gardens. Some photographers expected a royal prank; but no earth was hurled at them.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0123502F
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