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Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1,000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind

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Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1,000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind

Date8/22/1980

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Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Toronto Star (Firm) (subject)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Jokers wild: Bill Fisher won $1;000 in The Star's Weekend Poker game with five of a kind.

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Public relations

Newspaper publishing

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Photographs

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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_0119616F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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