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After sliding 150 feet down icy Scarboro Bluffs to go and get aid for two 13-year-old girl friends trapped on the cliffs, Christine Sherrington nurses(...)

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After sliding 150 feet down icy Scarboro Bluffs to go and get aid for two 13-year-old girl friends trapped on the cliffs, Christine Sherrington nurses(...)

Date3/9/1972

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Barkley, Harold (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: After sliding 150 feet down icy Scarboro Bluffs to go and get aid for two 13-year-old girl friends trapped on the cliffs, Christine Sherrington nurses bandaged hand, scratched from grabbing tree branches to break her plunge.

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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_0107960F

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