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Happy crowds of all ages lined University Ave

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Happy crowds of all ages lined University Ave

Date7/3/1975

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Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy crowds of all ages lined University Ave. last night for the second running of the mammoth Shrine parade; up University; along Bloor to Varsity Stadium. Lights flashed from the gleaming blades of scimitars and rhinestones on marchers' red fezzes. An estimated 500;000 persons were on hand. When the last Shrine Temple marched out of Varsity Stadium at 2.30 a.m. today; only a few hundred were left. One Shriner died of a heart attack after parade.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014697F

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