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Getting ready

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Getting ready

Date6/12/1985

Names

Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting ready: Three-time World Grand Prix hydroplane champion Robert Theoret of Valleyfield; Que.; powers his hydroplane; called Miss Valleyfield; across the waters of Toronto's Outer Harbor at the foot of Leslie St. in preparation for tomorrow's Grand Prix races. He won season-opener.

Subject

Motorboat racing

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0096393F

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