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Curious spectators peer through window of British Mortgage and Trust Co
Curious spectators peer through window of British Mortgage and Trust Co

Curious spectators peer through window of British Mortgage and Trust Co

Date2/16/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Curious spectators peer through window of British Mortgage and Trust Co. branch; Bloor St. W. and Runnymede Rd.; moments after a masked man grabbed $2;000 and shot his way out at noon today. More than 100 police; guns drawn; swarmed into area for a house to house canvass and bus search. Bandit escaped.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110173F
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