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Cooling off
Cooling off

Cooling off

Date6/12/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cooling off: Performing on a hot day at Ontario Place before a big crowd is a tough job; so Rex; a 17-year-old Asian elephant from the African Lion Safari park got a well-deserved shower from trainer Charlie Gray yesterday. Rex played a large role in a show called The Amazing Live Animal Concert.
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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_0111939F
Cooling their heels-Although thousands of Metro residents fled the city for summer's last long weekend, thousands more headed for Metro and its progra(...)
Cooling their heels-Although thousands of Metro residents fled the city for summer's last long weekend, thousands more headed for Metro and its progra(...)
9/1/1972
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
Ontario place rises from the lake, Ontario Place, a $13 million futuristic playground on and between four man-made islands off Exhibition Park, is rea(...)
10/29/1970
Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)
Ontario place's 'pod' pavilions are ripening, The sun glints off the glass walls of two of the five exhibit pavilion pods of Ontario Place suspended o(...)
8/18/1970
Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
10/27/1970
Clouds set off the glass dome of the Horticultural buildings at the Canadian National Exhibition
Clouds set off the glass dome of the Horticultural buildings at the Canadian National Exhibition
8/23/1938
Hull of a time, Fraser Phillips, of Willy Wash cleans off a sailboat in preparation for this weekend's Toronto International Boat Show at Exhibition Place
Hull of a time, Fraser Phillips, of Willy Wash cleans off a sailboat in preparation for this weekend's Toronto International Boat Show at Exhibition Place
1/6/1993
Heralding the 105th Canadian National Exhibition, the annual Ex Parade got off to a sunny start today at Queen's Park
Heralding the 105th Canadian National Exhibition, the annual Ex Parade got off to a sunny start today at Queen's Park
8/16/1983
Canada: A sheered-off pyramid with 65-foot-high textured mirrored walls, the Canadian Paviolion will reflect what's happening around it and turn patterns into a montage
Canada: A sheered-off pyramid with 65-foot-high textured mirrored walls, the Canadian Paviolion will reflect what's happening around it and turn patterns into a montage
3/19/1969
Off They Go ? into the drink, and an iced drink at that
Off They Go ? into the drink, and an iced drink at that
8/21/1964
A Horse laugh off stage is fine, but Beau, being groomed by RCMP Constable Randy Phillips, wouldn't dream of showing his emotions during Mounties' sho(...)
A Horse laugh off stage is fine, but Beau, being groomed by RCMP Constable Randy Phillips, wouldn't dream of showing his emotions during Mounties' sho(...)
11/12/1976
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
7/22/1975
As easy as falling off a log or so it seems to these daredevil motorcycle riders, members of the White Helmets motorcycle stunt team of the Royal Army(...)
As easy as falling off a log or so it seems to these daredevil motorcycle riders, members of the White Helmets motorcycle stunt team of the Royal Army(...)
8/9/1974