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Yonge Raid

Date12/8/1988

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Yonge Raid: Police tally seized goods after raiding a downtown porn shop. Magazines and inflatable dolls were among the $50;000 worth of materials impounded.

Subject

Pornography

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011074F

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