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In calmer days, Smokey the Bear posed with his owner, David McKigney
In calmer days, Smokey the Bear posed with his owner, David McKigney

In calmer days, Smokey the Bear posed with his owner, David McKigney

Date7/2/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: In calmer days; Smokey the Bear posed with his owner; David McKigney. The supposedly tame bear attacked McKigney's 30-year-old woman friend in the bedroom of his home near Aurora yesterday. Lynn Orser died later in Sunnybrook Medical Centre. McKigney has often wrestled the 463-pound bear in exhibitions.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0001334F
Smokey with his former owner Dave McKigney
Smokey with his former owner Dave McKigney
Slaughter, Mike
5/16/1978
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Smokey the bear jogs for charity
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McConnell, Colin
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Goode, Jeff
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3/15/1990
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Taylor, Morris
3/16/1940
Making life bear-able for kids, RCMP Corporal Greg McGrath is surrounded by new, fuzzy allies - Teddy Bears - for the purpose of helping children at P(...)
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Power, Peter
10/16/1992
Grizzly: When you see a bear, pray it's not one of these giants
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James, Norman
9/14/1985
The good-natured bear : a story for children of all ages.
The good-natured bear : a story for children of all ages.
Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884
1846
The good-natured bear : a story for children of all ages
The good-natured bear : a story for children of all ages
Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884
1850
Up North in a whaler, or, Would he keep his colors flying?
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Rand, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1837-1903
1889
The first trousers
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Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
1897 circa