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Exacting work: Ben Verburgh fashions a scale model of a sailing ship for the Hall of Transportation at the Ontario Science Centre
Exacting work: Ben Verburgh fashions a scale model of a sailing ship for the Hall of Transportation at the Ontario Science Centre

Exacting work: Ben Verburgh fashions a scale model of a sailing ship for the Hall of Transportation at the Ontario Science Centre

Date12/19/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Exacting work: Ben Verburgh fashions a scale model of a sailing ship for the Hall of Transportation at the Ontario Science Centre.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009650F
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