Working for six hours, the thugs drilled through two safes and blew another to pieces

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Working for six hours, the thugs drilled through two safes and blew another to pieces

Date3/21/1949

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Working for six hours, the thugs drilled through two safes and blew another to pieces. Kent Building at Richmond and Yonge, where robberies took place, is shown here. One safe held $60,000 in diamonds

Subject

Architecture

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110231F

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