Happy ending? Canada Packers chief executive Roger Porretti, left, and patriarch W

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Happy ending? Canada Packers chief executive Roger Porretti, left, and patriarch W

Date6/26/1990

Names

Gower, Patti (photographer)

McLean, W. F. (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Happy ending? Canada Packers chief executive Roger Porretti, left, and patriarch W. F. McLean say Hillsdown deal is a good one.

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0067437F

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