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Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)

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Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)

Date7/30/1970

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of five coffins containing the remains of 21 bodies which could not be identified following the crash of an Air Canada jetliner; north of Toronto; in which 109 died.

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Aircraft accidents

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Photographs

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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_0000177F

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