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Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening
Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening

Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening

Date7/6/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Watched as the Shriners' clowns wheeled their way down Toronto streets one last time yesterday evening.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014684F
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
7/1/1975
Best seats: Kurt Menzefricke, 4, and Atsuko Kikuchi, 2, join clown Bill Benz to watch the final Shriners' Parade
Best seats: Kurt Menzefricke, 4, and Atsuko Kikuchi, 2, join clown Bill Benz to watch the final Shriners' Parade
7/6/1989
Cutting a swath through town, One of the 15,000 Shriners in colorful costumes marches down University Ave
Cutting a swath through town, One of the 15,000 Shriners in colorful costumes marches down University Ave
7/4/1989
Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
6/29/1975
Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)
Parade of shriners says it's circus time! The first annual Shrine Circus parade - including 35 units of marching bands, drill teams and motorcades - w(...)
7/15/1984
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
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A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
A Devil tempts a Metro policeman into a dance yesterday as the big Shriners parade rolled north, with its 135 bands so closely spaced that spectators (...)
7/1/1975
Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities
Traffic stopper: Dancer Habeeba Hobeika is centre-stage at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday as Shriners promote next week's activities
6/29/1989
Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
Two by two: As Shriners invade the Sheraton Centre for a closed initiation ceremony yesterday, the Hamilton Oriental Band takes over and escalator
7/1/1989
Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
7/2/1989
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
Before folding their tents and stealing away, four of 65,000 Shriners in Toronto all week for their annual convention soak their aching feet in bucket(...)
7/4/1975
Shriners - up to 1975
Shriners - up to 1975
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