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Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)
Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)

Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival, one of the bigges(...)

Date4/27/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dress hitchhiker: Not really. This Trinidadian is simply dressed up in the costume he will wear at the island's pre-Lenten carnival; one of the biggest in the Caribbean. The Trinidad affair is just one of the colorful festivals in the islands.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118219F
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