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Empty holster

Date10/29/1980

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Empty holster: One of two Brink's guards attacked in a robbery at King and Yonge Sts. talks to police in the lobby of the Bank of Montreal.

Subject

Crime

Bank robberies

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120492F

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