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Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword
Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword

Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword

Date3/1/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Here's evidence that a swordfish really has a sword. It is a formidable weapon which; when thrust through the floor planks; is able to sink a fair-sized boat. Adults; although growing to 600 pounds; are without teeth.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007074F
      Here's evidence of the prosperity of B
      Here's evidence of the prosperity of B
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/14/1946
      A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
      A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
      Lerner, Michael
      4/28/1945
      Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
      Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
      Lerner, Michael
      3/2/1946
      Here's Knucksiel, Phil Niekro, 48, has put together some Hall of Fame statistics over the pat 232/3 seasons, most recently with Cleveland. He has won (...)
      Here's Knucksiel, Phil Niekro, 48, has put together some Hall of Fame statistics over the pat 232/3 seasons, most recently with Cleveland. He has won (...)
      Bock, Tony
      5/19/1986
      Military minds are again turning to swords - this time for decoration rather than protection. In the past six months Paul Coates of Wilkinson Swords in Canada has sold more than 2,500 swords for the English company.
      Military minds are again turning to swords - this time for decoration rather than protection. In the past six months Paul Coates of Wilkinson Swords in Canada has sold more than 2,500 swords for the English company.
      Norris, Dave
      5/31/1970
      Here's the flip side: Winter has its serene, beautiful side, too, as this photo of a sunbathed street in Metro after a heavy snowfall shows
      Here's the flip side: Winter has its serene, beautiful side, too, as this photo of a sunbathed street in Metro after a heavy snowfall shows
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/19/1981
      Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
      Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
      Barkley, Harold
      3/1/1972
      Here's a gift-givers guide to let the uninitiated know what Santa has in store from the ever-changning world of monitors, joysticks and bytes
      Here's a gift-givers guide to let the uninitiated know what Santa has in store from the ever-changning world of monitors, joysticks and bytes
      Loek, Dick
      11/23/1983
      Already a veteran: Here's Christopher Crabb, 13, who plays Jonah Roberts on the CBC show Danger Bay and has had the acting bug since he did a toothpaste commercial on TV at the age of 8
      Already a veteran: Here's Christopher Crabb, 13, who plays Jonah Roberts on the CBC show Danger Bay and has had the acting bug since he did a toothpaste commercial on TV at the age of 8
      Crabb, Christopher
      10/4/1984
      The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry
      The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/25/1946
      Guy gavriel Kay, He's the principal writer for CBC Radio's The Scales Of Justice series and his second book in a sword-and-sorcery trilogy has just been released
      Guy gavriel Kay, He's the principal writer for CBC Radio's The Scales Of Justice series and his second book in a sword-and-sorcery trilogy has just been released
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/16/1986
      Holding Souvenir sword, R. J. Jimmie Fleming World War II Prisoner of Japanese who lost leg in 1969, wants to know why disability pension has gone down $92
      Holding Souvenir sword, R. J. Jimmie Fleming World War II Prisoner of Japanese who lost leg in 1969, wants to know why disability pension has gone down $92
      James, Norman
      8/5/1970