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The sweet comfort of a neighbor

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The sweet comfort of a neighbor

Date1/17/1984

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Bock, Tony (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: The sweet comfort of a neighbor. Vicky Traikoff was comforted yesterday by Don Wainwright; a firefighter who is also her neighbor; as the two watched while firefighters put out a burning chair in her backyard after a blaze broke out in her Dundas St. E. home. There was little damage.

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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_0000716F

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