Filling big shoes

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Filling big shoes

Date3/4/1982

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Bock, Tony (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Filling big shoes: In their size 22s; Scarborough clowns Harold Black (left); as Buster the Clown; and Bill Durtnall; as Billy the Magical; Musical Clown; ham it up. In the television age; being a top clown means having a few tricks up the sleeve of the gaudy get-up.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004791F

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