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Don't try this at Home. This man uses an unusual technique to move horizontally along a wall while putting up trim on the eaves of a house on Strathmo(...)
Don't try this at Home. This man uses an unusual technique to move horizontally along a wall while putting up trim on the eaves of a house on Strathmo(...)

Don't try this at Home. This man uses an unusual technique to move horizontally along a wall while putting up trim on the eaves of a house on Strathmo(...)

Date2/27/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Don't try this at Home. This man uses an unusual technique to move horizontally along a wall while putting up trim on the eaves of a house on Strathmore Cres.; off the Erin Mills Parkway in Mississauga. He simply walks from ladder to ladder as he works on soffits and fascias.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008691F
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