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A midnight masterpiece. Harold Klunder paints while city sleeps
A midnight masterpiece. Harold Klunder paints while city sleeps

A midnight masterpiece. Harold Klunder paints while city sleeps

Date3/26/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0060203F
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Baby Virgina Wischee sleeps in a hammock-style cradle slung over her parents' bed in this Tent City shack near Moosonee
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Plastic blanket: A man sleeps in the shadow of the Legislature using a sheet of plastic as insulation from the cold
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12/17/1982
A Vietnam orphan sleeps in the Go-Vap orphan age-and a Vietnamese nun writes to thank for contributions
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Heartbreaker: Dionne Warwick has many musical miles to go before she sleeps, says critic Geoff Chapman of pop diva's concert at the O'Keefe Centre
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