Jack Hammell, one of Canada's most colorful mining men, has spent what Frederick Griffin calls ''a fortune'' on his lake shore estate at Oakville, Ont(...)

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Jack Hammell, one of Canada's most colorful mining men, has spent what Frederick Griffin calls ''a fortune'' on his lake shore estate at Oakville, Ont(...)

Date12/17/1938

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Hammell, Jack (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Jack Hammell, one of Canada's most colorful mining men, has spent what Frederick Griffin calls ''a fortune'' on his lake shore estate at Oakville, Ont. In a Star Weekly magazine story, ''Financiers Go Farming,'' Mr. Griffin describes it in this issue.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0052796F

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