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Ready to race from Britain across the Atlantic, and then across Canada to Victoria, B

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Ready to race from Britain across the Atlantic, and then across Canada to Victoria, B

Date6/24/1971

Names

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Ready to race from Britain across the Atlantic, and then across Canada to Victoria, B.C., in their single-engine Turbo-Beaver, Grant Davidson and his wife wave as they prepared to take off from Toronto for tomorrow's start.

Subject

Airplane racing

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002689F

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