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Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick
Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick

Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick

Date8/4/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112448F
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