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Bill's painkiller

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Bill's painkiller

Date5/22/1985

Names

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Bill's painkiller: There's no doubt what Vimy Ridge veteran Bill Harrison likes to drink: Rum, coke ? and no ice. The 90-year-old cheerfully claims the combination helps the pain from a slug still imbedded in his head, a wound suffered during World War I.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

Remembrance Day (Canada)

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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_0028517F

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