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Held 16 years

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Held 16 years

Date2/4/1977

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Dutton, Don (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Held 16 years: Emerson Bonnar; seen with his mother Bessie; was in New Brunswick psychiatric hospitals for more than a dozen years after purse-snatching attempt. Many of Ontario's criminally insane wind up at Oak Ridge in Penetanguishene; right.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011278F

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