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Strangle hold

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Strangle hold

Date6/24/1987

Names

Irish, Paul (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Strangle hold: A policeman; right rear; reaches around another officer; almost choking him; right front; to grab striker Larry Matthews; left; by the neck at the Oshawa main mail depot. Wild melees marred picket lines in Oshawa and Whitby yesterday when mail strikers clashed with police.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

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Photographs

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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_0017280F

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