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Badly burned when his pyjamas caught fire, apparently while he was playing with matches, 2-year-old George Bell is checked by nurse Joan Swarbrick in (...)

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Badly burned when his pyjamas caught fire, apparently while he was playing with matches, 2-year-old George Bell is checked by nurse Joan Swarbrick in (...)

Date9/1/1971

Names

Dinsmore, Ted (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Badly burned when his pyjamas caught fire, apparently while he was playing with matches, 2-year-old George Bell is checked by nurse Joan Swarbrick in Scarborough General Hospital. His mother called the clothes a death trap.

Subject

Burns and scalds

Medium

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_0025925F

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