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Fijian firewalkers make their way over stones so hot they had just set a handkerchief ablaze at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday. There was (...)
Fijian firewalkers make their way over stones so hot they had just set a handkerchief ablaze at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday. There was (...)

Fijian firewalkers make their way over stones so hot they had just set a handkerchief ablaze at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday. There was (...)

Date8/15/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fijian firewalkers make their way over stones so hot they had just set a handkerchief ablaze at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday. There was a faint smell of burning flesh but only one of the 20 men grimaced with pain as they walked across the hot rocks at a steady; casual pace. One stone split suddenly.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111855F
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
Workmen, real and stone: The eight huge figures outside the Electrical Building, just inside the Princes' Gates at the Canadian National Exhibition
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All-Time Record was set at the Canadian National Exhibition which closed Saturday night after attracting 2,612,000 paid admissions during its 14 days.(...)
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9/13/1948
Clouds set off the glass dome of the Horticultural buildings at the Canadian National Exhibition
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8/23/1938
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5/16/1972
First air views as the big 1947 Canadian National Exhibition got under way opening day are shown here
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8/23/1947
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7/26/1985
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8/24/1976
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8/26/1976
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8/26/1975
Scream maker: Selena Bishop, 15, of Timmins has a screaming good time on roller coaster at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday
Scream maker: Selena Bishop, 15, of Timmins has a screaming good time on roller coaster at the Canadian National Exhibition yesterday
8/20/1987
Colorized photograph of a Beaux-Arts building with turrets. A body of water is in front of it.
National Industrial Building, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Approximately 1939