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Transylvanian-born painter Countess Helena (Bobbie) De Silaghi says he gets best material from the astral voyages she's been taking to the stars since(...)
Transylvanian-born painter Countess Helena (Bobbie) De Silaghi says he gets best material from the astral voyages she's been taking to the stars since(...)

Transylvanian-born painter Countess Helena (Bobbie) De Silaghi says he gets best material from the astral voyages she's been taking to the stars since(...)

Date1/23/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Transylvanian-born painter Countess Helena (Bobbie) De Silaghi says he gets best material from the astral voyages she's been taking to the stars since she was 12. I may be a weird one but I'm a creative weirdo, she says.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0042955F
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