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Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)
Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)

Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)

Date2/28/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bank teller held up while manager at lunch; Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd.; where a lone gunman got away with approximately $300 shortly after noon today. Several shots were fired by M.H. Hargreaves; ledger keeper. [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109495F
Three armed, masked men held up this branch of the Imperial Bank at Caledon East Wednesday and escaped with contents of the till estimentated at $5,700
Three armed, masked men held up this branch of the Imperial Bank at Caledon East Wednesday and escaped with contents of the till estimentated at $5,700
9/25/1947
Male tellers, common in early '50s, are reappearing in banks like the Commerce (far left), there are even some male secretaries like Bruce Evoy (left), assistant to a woman at the CTV network
Male tellers, common in early '50s, are reappearing in banks like the Commerce (far left), there are even some male secretaries like Bruce Evoy (left), assistant to a woman at the CTV network
2/7/1979
Chocolate Bars of gold (arrowed) in teller's cage at the Bank of Nova Scotia, King and Bay Sts
Chocolate Bars of gold (arrowed) in teller's cage at the Bank of Nova Scotia, King and Bay Sts
11/24/1967
Bank teller
Bank teller
11/16/1971
Where new bank will make its home, An interesting innovation in banking was announced this week with the statement that a branch of Barclay's Bank, of Egland
Where new bank will make its home, An interesting innovation in banking was announced this week with the statement that a branch of Barclay's Bank, of Egland
12/12/1928
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
1982
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, originally Canadian Bank of Commerce branch, Dundas Street West, north side, between Keele Street and Pacific Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, originally Canadian Bank of Commerce branch, Dundas Street West, north side, between Keele Street and Pacific Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
1982
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, originally Canadian Bank of Commerce branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Lippincott Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch, originally Canadian Bank of Commerce branch, Bloor Street West, southwest corner of Lippincott Street, Toronto, Ontario.
1982-08
Bank of Nova Scotia branch, originally Metropolitan Bank branch, College Street, northeast corner of Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Bank of Nova Scotia branch, originally Metropolitan Bank branch, College Street, northeast corner of Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario.
1982-08
Big money, The Toronto Dominion Bank wants 436 million dollars to give up its lease on this branch
Big money, The Toronto Dominion Bank wants 436 million dollars to give up its lease on this branch
5/28/1984
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
3/24/1944
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(...)
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(...)
5/31/1940