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Hold that Tiger! This 500-pound tiger just checked in at Riverdale zoo from India, and he's hungry - so don't try to scratch his ears. The tiger, a gi(...)

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Hold that Tiger! This 500-pound tiger just checked in at Riverdale zoo from India, and he's hungry - so don't try to scratch his ears. The tiger, a gi(...)

Date6/22/1962

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Grant, Frank (photographer)

Metropolitan Toronto Zoo (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Hold that Tiger! This 500-pound tiger just checked in at Riverdale zoo from India; and he's hungry - so don't try to scratch his ears. The tiger; a gift to the zoo; eluded Ontario zoologist Capar R. Van Eysinga two weeks before his capture.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116412F

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