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Hold-up attempted, A nervous man with his face smeared with coal dust or soot tried today to hold up the Royal Bank branch at College and Bathurst Sts(...)

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Hold-up attempted, A nervous man with his face smeared with coal dust or soot tried today to hold up the Royal Bank branch at College and Bathurst Sts(...)

Date5/31/1940

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Royal Bank of Canada (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Hold-up attempted; A nervous man with his face smeared with coal dust or soot tried today to hold up the Royal Bank branch at College and Bathurst Sts. He fled when a member of the staff produced a revolver; and a pursuer in a comandeered car was unable to catch him.

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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109481F

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