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Drawing a blank: Ontario political figures, from left, Hershell Ezrin, Bernard Grandmaitre, Al Duffy and Alvin Curling say they never knew of a 1986 letter from Patricia Starr
Drawing a blank: Ontario political figures, from left, Hershell Ezrin, Bernard Grandmaitre, Al Duffy and Alvin Curling say they never knew of a 1986 letter from Patricia Starr

Drawing a blank: Ontario political figures, from left, Hershell Ezrin, Bernard Grandmaitre, Al Duffy and Alvin Curling say they never knew of a 1986 letter from Patricia Starr

Date11/14/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Drawing a blank: Ontario political figures, from left, Hershell Ezrin, Bernard Grandmaitre, Al Duffy and Alvin Curling say they never knew of a 1986 letter from Patricia Starr.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0044790F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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