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It's certainly a mess, Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield (left) comments as Toronto Alderman Tony O'Donohue shows him the jumble of tin cans, bottl(...)
It's certainly a mess, Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield (left) comments as Toronto Alderman Tony O'Donohue shows him the jumble of tin cans, bottl(...)

It's certainly a mess, Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield (left) comments as Toronto Alderman Tony O'Donohue shows him the jumble of tin cans, bottl(...)

Date8/14/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's certainly a mess; Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield (left) comments as Toronto Alderman Tony O'Donohue shows him the jumble of tin cans; bottles and floating debris polluting the lower end of the Don River. O'Donohue took Stanfield and MP Gordon Aiken; chairman of the Conservative caucus on pollution; on a tour of pollution sources in Metro; including Hydro's Hearn generating plant.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011007F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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