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A bottle of Beer and a package of cigarettes firmly in his grasp, John Devlin smiles his satisfaction at thwarting a takeover bid for Canadian Breweri(...)
A bottle of Beer and a package of cigarettes firmly in his grasp, John Devlin smiles his satisfaction at thwarting a takeover bid for Canadian Breweri(...)

A bottle of Beer and a package of cigarettes firmly in his grasp, John Devlin smiles his satisfaction at thwarting a takeover bid for Canadian Breweri(...)

Date6/9/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: A bottle of Beer and a package of cigarettes firmly in his grasp, John Devlin smiles his satisfaction at thwarting a takeover bid for Canadian Breweries Ltd. by Phillip Morris. Devlin had been incommunicado for three weeks.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043476F
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