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Call her madam: The Contessa, Elizabeth Spedding, pictured with a glass of bubbly in the bedroom of her Metro apartment
Call her madam: The Contessa, Elizabeth Spedding, pictured with a glass of bubbly in the bedroom of her Metro apartment

Call her madam: The Contessa, Elizabeth Spedding, pictured with a glass of bubbly in the bedroom of her Metro apartment

Date11/6/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Call her madam: The Contessa; Elizabeth Spedding; pictured with a glass of bubbly in the bedroom of her Metro apartment.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120119F
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