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Build a better roach trap. . . Jean McMath shows off the Japanese roach motel, a trap-door contraption that cockroaches find it difficult to get out o(...)
Build a better roach trap. . . Jean McMath shows off the Japanese roach motel, a trap-door contraption that cockroaches find it difficult to get out o(...)

Build a better roach trap. . . Jean McMath shows off the Japanese roach motel, a trap-door contraption that cockroaches find it difficult to get out o(...)

Date10/10/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Build a better roach trap. . . Jean McMath shows off the Japanese roach motel; a trap-door contraption that cockroaches find it difficult to get out of - just one of thousands of new products displayed at the World New Products Conference.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008980F
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