IIIF

Warm welcome

Date8/7/1987

Names

Dunlop, Al (photographer)

Keith, Vicki (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Warm welcome: A well-wisher, left, greets Vicki Keith at the foot of Spadina Ave., before parents Carol and Brian, above, have their turn after she entered the Western Gap and harbor, below.

Subject

Swimmers

Portraits

Long distance swimming

Family

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059156F

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