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All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

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All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)

Date6/20/1971

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Norris, Dave (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1;000 for her painting at annual outdoor art exhibition in in Nathan Phillips Square over the weeknd. Not to be outdone; of course; Chinkok came away with $250.

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