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This is the bank robbed yesterday
This is the bank robbed yesterday

This is the bank robbed yesterday

Date2/11/1958
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Alternate Title
  • This is the bank robbed yesterday
  • This is the bank robbed yesterday. A lone gunman held up bank in 1939, but was shot down by a teller.
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Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: This is the bank robbed yesterday. A lone gunman held up bank in 1939, but was shot down by a teller.
GeographyCity, town, twpHamilton
GeographyRegion or DistrictHamilton-Wentworth (Ont. : Regional municipality)
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
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Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-279
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 (...)
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
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
Daylight heist: Workers at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke stare at a Brink's truck whose guard was robbed by two yesterday
Daylight heist: Workers at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke stare at a Brink's truck whose guard was robbed by two yesterday
Faught, Ken
1/22/1991
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
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Mahler, John
3/18/1992
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Bull, Ron
4/29/1980
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
Dutton, Don
7/16/1991
A bank hold-up was foiled in Toronto yesterday by teller Anne Maxwell and a subject was chased by accountant Ron Norwood, 25 (left), and trainee Graha(...)
A bank hold-up was foiled in Toronto yesterday by teller Anne Maxwell and a subject was chased by accountant Ron Norwood, 25 (left), and trainee Graha(...)
Darrell, Dick
7/30/1974
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
$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
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