$1/2 Mill Loser. Jim Cohoon, skid row character at his favorite drinking hole Gingers in Halifax

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$1/2 Mill Loser. Jim Cohoon, skid row character at his favorite drinking hole Gingers in Halifax

Date7/18/1985

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Cohoon, Jim (subject)

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: $1/2 Mill Loser. Jim Cohoon, skid row character at his favorite drinking hole Gingers in Halifax.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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