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120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the Air, walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof o(...)
120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the Air, walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof o(...)

120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the Air, walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof o(...)

Date8/19/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: 120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane; the Canadian Prince of the Air; walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof of the grandstand stadium. A 40-pound steel bar helps him balance - and he wishes spectabors wouldn't stand under the wire in case he falls and drops the pole.
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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_0111859F
Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
6/24/1974
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
11/5/1975
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
11/6/1975
First air views as the big 1947 Canadian National Exhibition got under way opening day are shown here
First air views as the big 1947 Canadian National Exhibition got under way opening day are shown here
8/23/1947
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
3/12/1974
Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)
Landmarks Leaving, The Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National exhibition, is being demolished but the eight 15-f(...)
5/16/1972
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
5/16/1972
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
CNE spruce-up, The princes' Gate, the ornate eastern entrance to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, is getting a clean-up and restoration job i(...)
7/21/1981
Color photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
Princes' Gate, Canadian National Exhibition, Canada
Approximately 1945
Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
Princes' Gates, eastern entrance Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Approximately 1958
Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
The Princes' Gates, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
Approximately 1930
Colorized photograph of a large, neoclassical archway made of cement and stone.
Princes' Gates, Fleet Street, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Approximately 1930