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Leading lights
Leading lights

Leading lights

Date6/8/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Leading lights: Lakeshore Swim Club founder Gus Ryder, his wife, Phyllis, and Cliff Lumsden, one of Ryder's most noted students, re-read a newspaper account of Lumsden's swim across Lake Ontario at the club's 50th anniversary.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078257F
Leading Lights
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