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Wading pool

Date8/27/1986

Names

Brazao, Dale (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Wading pool: James Rose; 13; sits calmly in a lake of flood waters formed in Riverdale Park yesterday morning. Another cyclist gives up attempts at pedalling and heads for the bench.

Subject

Floods

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007269F

Country:Canada

Building, monument or park:Riverdale Park

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Riverdale

Province or state:Ontario

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