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Bank robbers vanish with $5,000, As society as they appeared, a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5,000 in the Bank of Toronto, Queen St. E. an(...)
Bank robbers vanish with $5,000, As society as they appeared, a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5,000 in the Bank of Toronto, Queen St. E. an(...)

Bank robbers vanish with $5,000, As society as they appeared, a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5,000 in the Bank of Toronto, Queen St. E. an(...)

Date2/9/1933
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bank robbers vanish with $5;000; As society as they appeared; a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5;000 in the Bank of Toronto; Queen St. E. and Kenilworth Ave. branch; tied the staff in the vault and vanished; leaving no trace or clue. [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0109494F
Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve, One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this ni(...)
Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve, One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this ni(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/25/1945
Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)
Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)
Toronto Dominion Bank
3/30/1935
Three armed, masked men held up this branch of the Imperial Bank at Caledon East Wednesday and escaped with contents of the till estimentated at $5,700
Three armed, masked men held up this branch of the Imperial Bank at Caledon East Wednesday and escaped with contents of the till estimentated at $5,700
Imperial Bank (Canada)
9/25/1947
And now - - a double Banking tower, The fifth of the Big Five chartered banks to put up a bank building on Bay St
And now - - a double Banking tower, The fifth of the Big Five chartered banks to put up a bank building on Bay St
Royal Bank of Canada
8/21/1975
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
Toronto Dominion Bank
3/24/1944
Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)
Bank teller held up while manager at lunch, Shown here is the Bank of Toronto branch at Belsize Drive and Mount Pleasant Rd., where a lone gunman got (...)
Toronto Dominion Bank
2/28/1940
Hold-up attempted, A nervous man with his face smeared with coal dust or soot tried today to hold up the Royal Bank branch at College and Bathurst Sts(...)
Hold-up attempted, A nervous man with his face smeared with coal dust or soot tried today to hold up the Royal Bank branch at College and Bathurst Sts(...)
Royal Bank of Canada
5/31/1940
Trussed up- crane swings part of a steel truss into place at the Royal Bank Ontario head going up on King St
Trussed up- crane swings part of a steel truss into place at the Royal Bank Ontario head going up on King St
Milne, Gilbert A.
10/25/1963
Bank high-ups look down on money, High up on the old Bank of Commerce building 16 heads (four each side) have gazed passively for 40 years. They were (...)
Bank high-ups look down on money, High up on the old Bank of Commerce building 16 heads (four each side) have gazed passively for 40 years. They were (...)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
9/4/1971
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto Dominion Bank
1982
Bank Building: Queen and Bay Sts
Bank Building: Queen and Bay Sts
Toronto Dominion Bank
9/18/1965
Banks on a downtown scrub-up, Notice that well-scrubbed look about downtown King St
Banks on a downtown scrub-up, Notice that well-scrubbed look about downtown King St
Bezant, Graham
8/28/1967