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Come on in: Lawyer Don LeFeuvre runs the branch office of Somjen and Suter in the Simpsons-Sears store at Square One in Mississauga
Come on in: Lawyer Don LeFeuvre runs the branch office of Somjen and Suter in the Simpsons-Sears store at Square One in Mississauga

Come on in: Lawyer Don LeFeuvre runs the branch office of Somjen and Suter in the Simpsons-Sears store at Square One in Mississauga

Date6/4/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129336F
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Randy McRoberts, who runs Toronto branch of Self-Counsel Press, shows some of the books his firm publishes the help laymen interpret some of the simpler facets of law
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