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What was left of a T.T.C. launch after an explosion in a boathouse at the foot of John St. Tommy Holmes. V.C., was painfully burned on face and hands
What was left of a T.T.C. launch after an explosion in a boathouse at the foot of John St. Tommy Holmes. V.C., was painfully burned on face and hands

What was left of a T.T.C. launch after an explosion in a boathouse at the foot of John St. Tommy Holmes. V.C., was painfully burned on face and hands

Date6/4/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: What was left of a T.T.C. launch after an explosion in a boathouse at the foot of John St. Tommy Holmes. V.C.; was painfully burned on face and hands
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115563F
Healing hands: Rev. Alex Holmes of Caro: Mich.: lays his hands in prayer on the head of Mrs. Enid Levy of Toronto
Healing hands: Rev. Alex Holmes of Caro: Mich.: lays his hands in prayer on the head of Mrs. Enid Levy of Toronto
10/3/1980
Holmes Avenue dwelling being dismantled and burned for expansion of Willowdale Baptist Church, ...
Holmes Avenue dwelling being dismantled and burned for expansion of Willowdale Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario
5/11/1957
Safety cradles on T.T.C. street cars have saved the lives of 20 persons on Toronto streets this year. Paul Teskey illustrates what happens when you fa(...)
Safety cradles on T.T.C. street cars have saved the lives of 20 persons on Toronto streets this year. Paul Teskey illustrates what happens when you fa(...)
3/26/1946
A bearded man in a deerstalker hat with a pipe holds a violin in front of books and collectable ...
Sssssh! One of the best bibliophilic secrets in town is this Sherlock Holmes room at Metro Reference Library, dark panelled and stocked with what's called the best public collection of Arthur Conan Doyle works in the world
11/2/1979
Settin for thinking: Former psychology professor Chris Holmes, his wife, Anita, and children Matthew, 2 1/2 andTimothy, 1, stand onthe outdoor stage where Holmes runs open-air seminars on mysticism and spiritual science amid the peaceful rolling hill of Maple
Settin for thinking: Former psychology professor Chris Holmes, his wife, Anita, and children Matthew, 2 1/2 andTimothy, 1, stand onthe outdoor stage where Holmes runs open-air seminars on mysticism and spiritual science amid the peaceful rolling hill of Maple
5/18/1985
David Holmes: To see David Holmes on stage is to be reminded again that sensitivity has nothing to do with delicacy of features: slenderness of physique: and an air of brooding mystification
David Holmes: To see David Holmes on stage is to be reminded again that sensitivity has nothing to do with delicacy of features: slenderness of physique: and an air of brooding mystification
11/20/1964
Manuscript letter written in Alfred H. Wood's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "Dear Greenhough-Smith The first of the supplementary "Sherlock Holmes" stories will reach you after Easter"
April 17,1908
Found Guilty: Terry forchon, left, created explosion that badly burned O'Neal Small
Found Guilty: Terry forchon, left, created explosion that badly burned O'Neal Small
4/18/1985
Found Guilty: Terry Forchon, left, created explosion that badly burned O'Neal Small.
Found Guilty: Terry Forchon, left, created explosion that badly burned O'Neal Small.
4/18/1985
John Holmes
John Holmes
3/28/1996
In the second race, John Holmes drove Wavelength to victory while punters avoided the chill and watched from the grandstand
In the second race, John Holmes drove Wavelength to victory while punters avoided the chill and watched from the grandstand
12/7/1990
Head-Clenching Novices Jimmy Holmes (left), 13, and Jack Heighton of Toronto plan moves at Toronto Chess Club's weekend Open Tourney. Star chess colum(...)
Head-Clenching Novices Jimmy Holmes (left), 13, and Jack Heighton of Toronto plan moves at Toronto Chess Club's weekend Open Tourney. Star chess colum(...)
3/26/1978