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Down she goes . . . , Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination (...)
Down she goes . . . , Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination (...)

Down she goes . . . , Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination (...)

Date6/24/1966
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  • Down she goes . . . , Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination (...)
  • Down she goes . . . ; Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination ceremony today at Sunnyside pool. Including former Catholics; Anglicans; Orthodox and Protestants; they went through at a nine-a-minute clip. The long assembly line stretched to CNE grounds.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Down she goes . . . ; Baptizer Jack Lynn of California ducks one of the 483 Jehovah's Witnesses taking part in a combination baptismal and ordination ceremony today at Sunnyside pool. Including former Catholics; Anglicans; Orthodox and Protestants; they went through at a nine-a-minute clip. The long assembly line stretched to CNE grounds.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024274F
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