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Rubbish floating in the Don River

Date1/18/1963

Names

James, Norman (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Rubbish floating in the Don River. No one will predict swimming ever will be possible.How not to treat a river- the filth-choked Don. But even this horrible example is yielding to treatment.

Subject

Pollution

Medium

Undefined

Language

No linguistic content

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-021

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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