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Search for Bandits

Date9/14/1990

Names

Faught, Ken (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Search for Bandits: Heavily armed police enter an apartment building basement after an Eglinton Ave. W. bank was robbed yesterday.

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_0120508F

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