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Camera convicts Bank Robber
Camera convicts Bank Robber

Camera convicts Bank Robber

Date10/20/1967
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0135026F
Lookalike?: John William Shane, right, poses in dark glasses and clothing similar to that worn by a robber who was caught on film by a bank camera at the Royal Bank Plaza in 1985, left photo
Lookalike?: John William Shane, right, poses in dark glasses and clothing similar to that worn by a robber who was caught on film by a bank camera at the Royal Bank Plaza in 1985, left photo
9/18/1987
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
3/6/1985
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
4/18/1971
Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
12/19/1972
Bank manager Ron Stewart helped thwart an extortion attempt yesterday when he stalled a bank robber - who claimed to be carrying a bomb - until police arrived the scene
Bank manager Ron Stewart helped thwart an extortion attempt yesterday when he stalled a bank robber - who claimed to be carrying a bomb - until police arrived the scene
2/6/1984
Kenneth Shields found himself looking intoi gun barrels twice the same day - the first one aimed by a suspected bank robber and the second by police
Kenneth Shields found himself looking intoi gun barrels twice the same day - the first one aimed by a suspected bank robber and the second by police
3/6/1990
John Templeton, Re captured bank robber.
John Templeton, Re captured bank robber.
8/27/1993
Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days
Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days
8/22/1959
About 100 Jones Ave. residents turned out yesterday to protest plans by the John Howard Society to open a halfway house for ex-convicts on the street.(...)
About 100 Jones Ave. residents turned out yesterday to protest plans by the John Howard Society to open a halfway house for ex-convicts on the street.(...)
5/17/1985
Terror Trio Closely Guarded, Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10(...)
Terror Trio Closely Guarded, Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10(...)
2/22/1966
Garry Beach (left) and Robert Read (right), Inmates of Warkworth Institution, acted with volunteer Wendy Blackwood and four fellow convicts in a play (...)
Garry Beach (left) and Robert Read (right), Inmates of Warkworth Institution, acted with volunteer Wendy Blackwood and four fellow convicts in a play (...)
5/1/1977
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
9/13/1971