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Champaigne Tour: Builder Rinke Duiker goes a long way to show his prospective customers how luxurious the homes he builds are.
Champaigne Tour: Builder Rinke Duiker goes a long way to show his prospective customers how luxurious the homes he builds are.

Champaigne Tour: Builder Rinke Duiker goes a long way to show his prospective customers how luxurious the homes he builds are.

Date5/16/1989
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126872F
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