Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Central Library and on exhibition

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Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Central Library and on exhibition

Date1971

Names

Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (compiler)

Holmes, Sherlock (subject)

Format

Ephemera

Subject

City, town or township:Toronto

Extent

1 page

CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection

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Copyright HolderToronto Public Library

Call Number / Accession NumberACD-VF-001

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