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Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes
Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes

Process of elimination: Police inspector Jim Majury, who has been making composite drawings of suspects for 23 years, starts by showing witnesses photographs illustrating different facial shapes

Date2/17/1983
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0065001F
    That's the guy! Jim Majury, 54, is retiring after 33 years with the Metro police force, where he gained fame by making sketches of suspects from descriptions given by witnesses
    That's the guy! Jim Majury, 54, is retiring after 33 years with the Metro police force, where he gained fame by making sketches of suspects from descriptions given by witnesses
    Goode, Jeff
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    Jim Majury: Metro police inspector with his drawing of the suspect in a brutal rape in High Park
    Jim Majury: Metro police inspector with his drawing of the suspect in a brutal rape in High Park
    Bull, Ron
    8/19/1982
    Preparing for their exhibition that starts today, Anne, Pedro and Anita Leon give finishing touches to pottery, abstract prints and drawings at Scarborough College's gallery
    Preparing for their exhibition that starts today, Anne, Pedro and Anita Leon give finishing touches to pottery, abstract prints and drawings at Scarborough College's gallery
    Combs, Erin
    11/11/1976
    Marie Starts camera education - Fred Davis, Daily Star staff photographer whose photographs of the Dionne quintuplets are seen the world over, visits (...)
    Marie Starts camera education - Fred Davis, Daily Star staff photographer whose photographs of the Dionne quintuplets are seen the world over, visits (...)
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    3/23/1935
    That's SGT. Guy Larwill holding parts of a kit for assembling photos of crime suspects--and that's Larwill in the composite photo on the table, assemb(...)
    That's SGT. Guy Larwill holding parts of a kit for assembling photos of crime suspects--and that's Larwill in the composite photo on the table, assemb(...)
    Loek, Dick
    12/10/1975
    Changing face. Misha Rosolak, 4, plays with a display which allows the participant to rearrange photographs of facial features. It's part of the new s(...)
    Changing face. Misha Rosolak, 4, plays with a display which allows the participant to rearrange photographs of facial features. It's part of the new s(...)
    Dunlop, Al
    3/26/1991
    Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000
    Ex-police artist's work is Hardly suspect. Jim Majury's wildlife paintings now sell for as much as $25,000
    Majury, James
    2/25/1991
    Attractive necklace, is being made by Marcy Vinsky, 6, from clay beads of different shapes and weights, threaded on a leather thong. The necklace is o(...)
    Attractive necklace, is being made by Marcy Vinsky, 6, from clay beads of different shapes and weights, threaded on a leather thong. The necklace is o(...)
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    8/6/1970
    Hamming it up: Domenic, left, and Lelio Cappola have been making prosciutto for 23 years. It's a simple but time-consuming process to make the salt-cured ham that is so popular served with melon. The broghers sell 1,500 hams each week from the Cartwright Ave. location year Yorkdale.
    Hamming it up: Domenic, left, and Lelio Cappola have been making prosciutto for 23 years. It's a simple but time-consuming process to make the salt-cured ham that is so popular served with melon. The broghers sell 1,500 hams each week from the Cartwright Ave. location year Yorkdale.
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    6/21/1985
    At house on Madison Ave. where two suspects shot themselves in a teargas-filled room, Inspector David Cowan (at top of steps) directs policemen with t(...)
    At house on Madison Ave. where two suspects shot themselves in a teargas-filled room, Inspector David Cowan (at top of steps) directs policemen with t(...)
    Norris, Dave
    1/11/1973
    War drawings. Steven Lemon of the McMichael gallery holds a World War I photograph of A. Y. Jackson, who served as an official war artist to the Canad(...)
    War drawings. Steven Lemon of the McMichael gallery holds a World War I photograph of A. Y. Jackson, who served as an official war artist to the Canad(...)
    Dunlop, Al
    10/28/1988
    By Dawn's early light: An early morning training gallop starts the process of getting the horses ready for the Greenwood opening
    By Dawn's early light: An early morning training gallop starts the process of getting the horses ready for the Greenwood opening
    Lennon, Frank
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