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Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)
Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)

Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)

Date10/18/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261;900 yesterday; but a bank employee goes on working. The men were sad-clown masks and apparently had researched the job carefully; entering the bank when vault was open for checking.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120514F
The bank that was robbed becomes a part of the lower lobby of Union Station when six glass doors slide aside to open it for business. It is on the nor(...)
The bank that was robbed becomes a part of the lower lobby of Union Station when six glass doors slide aside to open it for business. It is on the nor(...)
Barkley, Harold
10/18/1972
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
Power, Peter
5/14/1991
An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby
An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby
Bull, Ron
10/18/1972
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
Mahler, John
3/26/1991
This is the bank robbed yesterday
This is the bank robbed yesterday
Canadian Bank of Commerce
2/11/1958
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
Canadian Bank of Commerce
2/12/1954
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
Dutton, Don
5/10/1973
Canadian Bank of Commerce in Brantford, Ontario
Canadian Bank of Commerce in Brantford, Ontario
Canadian Bank of Commerce
12/24/1932
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
Ross, Fred
2/26/1970
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/12/1981
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Shooting suspect is escorted to cells by police officer after a shoot-out in Scarborough following a bank robbery yesterday. Three police constables a(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
1/29/1971
Detectives' chalk marks on the ground show where Dr. Jack Lindzon, 27, fell severely wounded after being shot by a gunman following a bank robbery tod(...)
Detectives' chalk marks on the ground show where Dr. Jack Lindzon, 27, fell severely wounded after being shot by a gunman following a bank robbery tod(...)
Goode, Jeff
4/1/1969