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Brush with death

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Brush with death

Date4/5/1981

Names

Brazao, Dale (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Brush with death: William Island; recovering in Scarborough General hospital; says he was trying to climb to a girl s 6th floor balcony from one next door when he fell. He landed in a freshly dug flower bed; inches from a concrete sidewalk.

Subject

Falls (Accidents)

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000298F

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