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Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)
Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)

Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)

Date7/24/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Not-So-Easy Riding; Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his father; Hans; swings on a trapeze below a 50-feet-high wire.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101106F
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