Diamond Lil: Kitty Meredith's bold, brassy personality enlivens the Skyline Hotel, the flagship of the Airport Strip playground

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Diamond Lil: Kitty Meredith's bold, brassy personality enlivens the Skyline Hotel, the flagship of the Airport Strip playground

Date2/12/1980

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Mercure, Monique, 1930- (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Diamond Lil: Kitty Meredith's bold, brassy personality enlivens the Skyline Hotel, the flagship of the Airport Strip playground.

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068103F

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