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Piece of history

Date9/30/1991

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Piece of history: Jacques Lemaire; with model of the Atocha; left; holds up 36-kilogram (80-pound) silver bar. Over 1;000 bars were found in the Spanish ship.

Subject

Disasters

Ships

Shipwrecks

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014172F

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