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Off welfare

Date4/9/1984

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Off welfare: On Saturday, Antonio Simonelli, 43, left, was a very worried, unemployed mason. But yesterday, he and his wife Carmina, 43, picked up a Lotto 6/49 cheque for $889,532.

Subject

Lottery winners

Lotteries

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024959F

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