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Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job

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Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job

Date10/19/1972

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Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973 (subject)

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro Chairman Ab Campbell. Illness forced him to resign the job.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035946F

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9/14/1972

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9/7/1972

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Ab Campbell in a recent photograph

5/10/1973

AB Campbell. No point in tender

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11/15/1972

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