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Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season
Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season

Field hands: Jack Rupke, a Holland Marsh celery farmer and former King Township councillor, will employ seven foreign workers on his 68-acre celery farm this season

Date6/12/1989
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133120F
Farmer Jose Flores says only his sprinkler system is saving his celery and lettuce crops on his 10-acre holding in Holland Marsh. Despite daily irriga(...)
Farmer Jose Flores says only his sprinkler system is saving his celery and lettuce crops on his 10-acre holding in Holland Marsh. Despite daily irriga(...)
7/16/1978
And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
7/11/1974
Dr. Anthony Graham, supervised by his celery-chewing son Mark, 3, prepares to stuff a salmon with spinach
Dr. Anthony Graham, supervised by his celery-chewing son Mark, 3, prepares to stuff a salmon with spinach
2/10/1978
To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
To market, To market. Farm workers Andrew Raddler (left) and Edward Hoekstra unload bunches of carrots from wagon at farm in Holland Marsh. The vegetables will be sent to market
7/31/1974
Paine's celery compound
Paine's celery compound
1890 circa
Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a child inside a stock of lettuce. ...
Paine's Celery Compound
approx 1872-1900
Planting Celery Plants
Planting Celery Plants
5/3/1995
Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls
Drowned radishes, Mary Srebnik salvages what she can of her Spanish black radishes in a waterlogged field in the Holland Marsh. Much of her farm is flooded from record rainfalls
9/30/1986
Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
4/29/1976
Some of my best friends are Catholic, says Wilfred Gillis, a member of Cavan Township council, as he leans on tractor on his Cavan Township farm. But Gillis is among councillors who voted unanimously not to rezone a farm property, preventing group of Ro
Some of my best friends are Catholic, says Wilfred Gillis, a member of Cavan Township council, as he leans on tractor on his Cavan Township farm. But Gillis is among councillors who voted unanimously not to rezone a farm property, preventing group of Ro
10/5/1977
Tweed-suited Hees hops fences to shake hands with the farmers: He has the manly art of profanity to impress the workers
Tweed-suited Hees hops fences to shake hands with the farmers: He has the manly art of profanity to impress the workers
10/21/1965
Darbyson: 500 jobs, By Pat McNenly, Toronto Star, A clothing manufacturer says he may have to drop plans for a Toronto plant that would employ 500 workers because the province won't allow him to operate two shifts.
Darbyson: 500 jobs, By Pat McNenly, Toronto Star, A clothing manufacturer says he may have to drop plans for a Toronto plant that would employ 500 workers because the province won't allow him to operate two shifts.
4/17/1979