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Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre
Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre

Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre

Date8/12/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008941F
Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his nei(...)
Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his nei(...)
5/30/1982
Fingerprints On A Cheque are examined by forensic analyst Ed Campbell with the aid of the Ion/Argon Laser at OPP headquarters. A beam of laser light i(...)
Fingerprints On A Cheque are examined by forensic analyst Ed Campbell with the aid of the Ion/Argon Laser at OPP headquarters. A beam of laser light i(...)
6/15/1977
Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology, especially in Canada, where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs
Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology, especially in Canada, where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs
1/25/1978
The Public school geography
The Public school geography
1900
Gotcha!: With telephone technology coming at us, the phone will be as much a part of us as our fingerprints
Gotcha!: With telephone technology coming at us, the phone will be as much a part of us as our fingerprints
12/31/1991
Looking for clues, Durham Region police officer David Bryars looks for fingerprints on merchandise stolen along with nine transport trucks and $2 million worth of merchandise in Durham Region
Looking for clues, Durham Region police officer David Bryars looks for fingerprints on merchandise stolen along with nine transport trucks and $2 million worth of merchandise in Durham Region
12/3/1987
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
11/4/1993
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
5/22/1985
OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
6/8/1988
Dusting for clues: Carleene Burrell of Oakville takes fingerprints from a stove top at a crime scene, part of a two-day crash course in basic training
Dusting for clues: Carleene Burrell of Oakville takes fingerprints from a stove top at a crime scene, part of a two-day crash course in basic training
7/9/1991
Clue search, A police officer dusts the door of a Scarborough variety store for fingerprints after a clerk was stabbed during a robbery attempt last night
Clue search, A police officer dusts the door of a Scarborough variety store for fingerprints after a clerk was stabbed during a robbery attempt last night
5/24/1992
United Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.
United Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.
Approximately 1935