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Mirror, mirror. This swan at the Americas pavillion at the Metro Toronto Zoo admires its own pristine grace as it gazes into a glass wall in a below-g(...)
Mirror, mirror. This swan at the Americas pavillion at the Metro Toronto Zoo admires its own pristine grace as it gazes into a glass wall in a below-g(...)

Mirror, mirror. This swan at the Americas pavillion at the Metro Toronto Zoo admires its own pristine grace as it gazes into a glass wall in a below-g(...)

Date2/28/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mirror; mirror. This swan at the Americas pavillion at the Metro Toronto Zoo admires its own pristine grace as it gazes into a glass wall in a below-ground section by the beaver pond; which allows visitors to see under the water's surface.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116352F
The pride of the African pavillion at the new zoo in Scarborough, Bingo the antelope, gets a handout from animal keeper Janice LaTrobe. Part of her jo(...)
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'My enthusiasm for Metro Toronto Zoo has not faded, says former director Gunter Voss, in letter below
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Visitors to Metro zoo, above, were disappointed by new early closing time, reader says in letter below
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Painstaking detail of a medal Mrs. Dora de Pedery Hunt is making for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo involves working with a scalpel and examining the work through a magnifying glass. The medal depicts an ark load of animals.
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