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Close to the madding crowds of Metro, Harold Patton plows with his tractor in view of townhouses and high-rises--made to look closer with a telephoto (...)
Close to the madding crowds of Metro, Harold Patton plows with his tractor in view of townhouses and high-rises--made to look closer with a telephoto (...)

Close to the madding crowds of Metro, Harold Patton plows with his tractor in view of townhouses and high-rises--made to look closer with a telephoto (...)

Date7/27/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Close to the madding crowds of Metro; Harold Patton plows with his tractor in view of townhouses and high-rises--made to look closer with a telephoto lens-- on a farm inside Metro's borders near Warden and Finch Aves. [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006387F
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