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What the hell is all the rush about? I am on holiday and this is an unprecedented intrusion upon my vacation
What the hell is all the rush about? I am on holiday and this is an unprecedented intrusion upon my vacation

What the hell is all the rush about? I am on holiday and this is an unprecedented intrusion upon my vacation

Date12/20/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: What the hell is all the rush about? I am on holiday and this is an unprecedented intrusion upon my vacation. I am going to be back in Toronto on Tuesday. Couldn't he (McMurtry) wait till then?
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0079262F
Postcard in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
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Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
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Unknown
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Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
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approximately 1898
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May 15, 1914
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Manuscript letter in Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's handwriting. 
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