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Now it's 'seductive' garbage cans
Now it's 'seductive' garbage cans

Now it's 'seductive' garbage cans

Date4/27/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Marcel Cox, Etobicoke roads commissioner, paints a municipal garbage can in one of the four ''seductive colors'' - chartreuse, terracotta, sunny yellow or sky blue - that he chose to attract people to use the containers to discard trash
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-142
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Historical location:Etobicoke (Ont.), 1850-1954
Province or state:Ontario
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