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Where's the hare?, Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kickoff got off to a slow start
Where's the hare?, Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kickoff got off to a slow start

Where's the hare?, Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kickoff got off to a slow start

Date9/2/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Where's the hare?; Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kickoff got off to a slow start.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018461F
Where's the hare?, Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kick off got off to a slow start
Where's the hare?, Just because Metro Zoo held a tortoise race for charity yesterday didn't mean their United Way campaign kick off got off to a slow start
9/2/1982
Indian Star tortoises
Indian Star tortoises
1/22/1997
African Spur-thighed tortoise
African Spur-thighed tortoise
10/8/1997
Tortoise shell in chestnut brown, imported from an island in the Caribbean can be used as a wall hanging or lampshade
Tortoise shell in chestnut brown, imported from an island in the Caribbean can be used as a wall hanging or lampshade
2/15/1975
Turtles saved from the soup, The Wah Yan Meat Company on Dundas St
Turtles saved from the soup, The Wah Yan Meat Company on Dundas St
6/1/1990
Taking off in a good cause, Johnny Lombardi of radio station CHIN gives trampoline a try yesterday at kickoff festivities for Metro United Way campaign at Dufferin Mall
Taking off in a good cause, Johnny Lombardi of radio station CHIN gives trampoline a try yesterday at kickoff festivities for Metro United Way campaign at Dufferin Mall
8/20/1976
The hare and tortoise made up just one of 23 floats in yesterday's parade, which drew about 800,000 spectators
The hare and tortoise made up just one of 23 floats in yesterday's parade, which drew about 800,000 spectators
11/18/1990
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
9/22/1977
Dean Kondziolka (white cap with flag) of Mississauga AC got off to a slow start in 50-metre freestyle heat at the Summer Nationals yesterday but finis(...)
Dean Kondziolka (white cap with flag) of Mississauga AC got off to a slow start in 50-metre freestyle heat at the Summer Nationals yesterday but finis(...)
8/1/1990
Disappointing start: Leaf captain Rick Vaive, who broke team record with 54 goals last season, is off to a slow start this campaign with only one so far, despite the fact he is shooting more
Disappointing start: Leaf captain Rick Vaive, who broke team record with 54 goals last season, is off to a slow start this campaign with only one so far, despite the fact he is shooting more
2/18/1982
Where's the fire? Constable Larry Tanghe pulls Maichael Fleishman over for speeding in a wheelchair marathon held by the Canadian Paraplegic Association in Central Don Park yesterday.
Where's the fire? Constable Larry Tanghe pulls Maichael Fleishman over for speeding in a wheelchair marathon held by the Canadian Paraplegic Association in Central Don Park yesterday.
6/3/1978
Yes, but where's the Royal York? It didn't exist until two years later, when the photographer aimed his camera east on Front St. from the York St. int(...)
Yes, but where's the Royal York? It didn't exist until two years later, when the photographer aimed his camera east on Front St. from the York St. int(...)
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