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View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner
View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner

View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner

Date7/5/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner: A member of the Burgsma family looks out at the litter of wreckage from the DC-8 jetliner that smashed into the ground just 150 feet away from their home north of the airport
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000179F
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