Image shows a Captain at the Harbour with the big ship in the background.

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The Russians have landed in Toronto

Date4/18/1972

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: The Russians have landed in Toronto. The first deep-water ship to enter Toronto Harbor this year is the Soviet freighter Ivan Moskvin; docked today at the foot of Parliament St. by Captain Alexander Mazurkin. The 395-foot ship brough 4;935 tons of structral steel from Gdansk; Poland; the ship and her crew of 41 wil be in port until Friday. For being first; Mazurkin will be given a dispatch case and the ship will recieve an engraved barometer.

Subject

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Harbour

Province or state:Ontario

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Photographs

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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_0112718F

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