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Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario
Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario

Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario

Date8/19/1978
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  • Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario.
  • Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario.
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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_0073917F
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