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Hero's window, Mrs. Edmund Tong, right, and daughter, Margaret, excitedly read news in The Star that Queen's Park has voted to restore her full $2,750(...)
Hero's window, Mrs. Edmund Tong, right, and daughter, Margaret, excitedly read news in The Star that Queen's Park has voted to restore her full $2,750(...)

Hero's window, Mrs. Edmund Tong, right, and daughter, Margaret, excitedly read news in The Star that Queen's Park has voted to restore her full $2,750(...)

Date2/21/1964
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hero's window, Mrs. Edmund Tong, right, and daughter, Margaret, excitedly read news in The Star that Queen's Park has voted to restore her full $2,750 pension. Police Sergeant Tong was killed in a gun battle with members of the Edwin Boyd gang in '52.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0085045F
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