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Col. Sweny brought with him from Abyssiunia three links of a chain, (shown at the upper left), which he struck from the leg of a British prisoner, Ber(...)
Col. Sweny brought with him from Abyssiunia three links of a chain, (shown at the upper left), which he struck from the leg of a British prisoner, Ber(...)

Col. Sweny brought with him from Abyssiunia three links of a chain, (shown at the upper left), which he struck from the leg of a British prisoner, Ber(...)

Date9/13/1935
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Original Toronto Star caption: Col. Sweny brought with him from Abyssiunia three links of a chain; (shown at the upper left); which he struck from the leg of a British prisoner; Berou Goshee; and an Abyssinian processional cross; shown in the centre. To the left is a wooden temple platter on which the sacred wafer of the Eucharist was served. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114430F
Pulling into port. Workmen ease a model of the famous Atlantic liner Mauretania into the Marine Museum of Upper Canada on the CNE grounds yesterday. T(...)
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The Educational Museum and School of Art and Design for Upper Canada, with a plan of the English educational museum, &c
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Mrs. Wesley Blackburn gives spinning demonstrations at Pioneer Village during the summer. The fibres she uses are from everything from samoyed dogs to(...)
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Mineralogy gallery housed the valuable and perhaps irreplaceable collections, which could readily be turned into cash
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One of the most staggering exhibits in the Chines archeological collection at the Royal Ontaro Museum in this burial suit made from 2,160 tablets of j(...)
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