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Sgt. Len Potten, head of the Metro police Crime Prevention Bureau, advocates top quality locks that are opened with keys that cannot be duplicated in (...)
Sgt. Len Potten, head of the Metro police Crime Prevention Bureau, advocates top quality locks that are opened with keys that cannot be duplicated in (...)

Sgt. Len Potten, head of the Metro police Crime Prevention Bureau, advocates top quality locks that are opened with keys that cannot be duplicated in (...)

Date1/15/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sgt. Len Potten; head of the Metro police Crime Prevention Bureau; advocates top quality locks that are opened with keys that cannot be duplicated in stores or locksmith shops. He is shown above with key that only can be duplicated if the buyer of the lock writes to the manufacturer of the lock.
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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_0009279F
Small pleasure craft almost fill the locks at Magnetawan in the Almaguin Highlands, a largely untouched recreation area north-east of Huntsville and less than 200 miles from Toronto
Small pleasure craft almost fill the locks at Magnetawan in the Almaguin Highlands, a largely untouched recreation area north-east of Huntsville and less than 200 miles from Toronto
5/20/1965
Three people sitting in front of a large stone home.
The locks , Port Carling, Muskoka Lakes, Ont. Canada
Approximately 1925
Make your home pick-proof: Locksmith Ron Reid and a large demonstration key for apartment-door cylinder lock
Make your home pick-proof: Locksmith Ron Reid and a large demonstration key for apartment-door cylinder lock
10/24/1978
Illustration of a house by a body of water with a stone bridge across it. There are trees surro ...
Beaver Lock Works, J. & E. H. Roberts, 11 Victoria St., Toronto
Approximately 1886
Illustration of red roses surrounding a picture of church with a small house next to it. There ...
Beaver Lock Works, J. & E. H. Roberts, 11 Victoria St., Toronto
Approximately 1886
Locksmith Glenn Graham, really Lock
Locksmith Glenn Graham, really Lock
7/29/1982
Simple step
Simple step
12/10/1982
M.O. of a burglary, Once he finds an open house, every burglar has a modus operandi, an M.O., like the following. 1. Entry to an empty house often isn(...)
M.O. of a burglary, Once he finds an open house, every burglar has a modus operandi, an M.O., like the following. 1. Entry to an empty house often isn(...)
11/18/1982
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
7/29/1982
Lock it up: Car theft is often the first step young people take into a life of crime, says John Lyndon, president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada
Lock it up: Car theft is often the first step young people take into a life of crime, says John Lyndon, president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada
10/20/1980
Down in flames: A demonstrator poses with a papier mache Brian Mulroney after a march last night by AIDS victim advocates with such signs as People die, Ottawa talks
Down in flames: A demonstrator poses with a papier mache Brian Mulroney after a march last night by AIDS victim advocates with such signs as People die, Ottawa talks
10/22/1988
Swimming Instructor. Jack Buckler advocates drown-proofing children at an early age. This way parents can build their backyard pool when they want, in(...)
Swimming Instructor. Jack Buckler advocates drown-proofing children at an early age. This way parents can build their backyard pool when they want, in(...)
7/27/1972