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Zoo director Philip Ogilvie, in hat, leads walking tour of zoo
Zoo director Philip Ogilvie, in hat, leads walking tour of zoo

Zoo director Philip Ogilvie, in hat, leads walking tour of zoo

Date10/3/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Zoo director Philip Ogilvie, in hat, leads walking tour of zoo. Reader, below, says Metro Zoo is unique.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071538F
Two chimpanzees found a home with Lucie Ogilvie, wife of Philip Ogilvie, director of the Metro zoo
Two chimpanzees found a home with Lucie Ogilvie, wife of Philip Ogilvie, director of the Metro zoo
2/20/1976
Former Zoo director Philip Ogilvie
Former Zoo director Philip Ogilvie
10/12/1976
Metro Toronto Zoo director, Philip Ogilvie, and his wife, Lucie, are newcomers who like what they've seen of Toronto
Metro Toronto Zoo director, Philip Ogilvie, and his wife, Lucie, are newcomers who like what they've seen of Toronto
11/2/1975
It was shirtsleeve weather as Metro Zoo director Philip Ogilvie points out highlights while conducting his first winter walk-about on Saturday. He led(...)
It was shirtsleeve weather as Metro Zoo director Philip Ogilvie points out highlights while conducting his first winter walk-about on Saturday. He led(...)
10/3/1976
Chosen to run the new Metro Zoo, 43-year-old Philip Ogilvie, director of the Portland, Ore
Chosen to run the new Metro Zoo, 43-year-old Philip Ogilvie, director of the Portland, Ore
7/17/1975
The hiring of Philip Ogilvie, above, to manage the new Metro Zoo comes under fire from readers
The hiring of Philip Ogilvie, above, to manage the new Metro Zoo comes under fire from readers
7/17/1975
Philip Ogilvie. New image for zoo
Philip Ogilvie. New image for zoo
9/26/1975
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Popular historian Donald Jones leads 1,500 people through streets of historic Town of York in one of several Sunday walking tours he'll conduct this f(...)
Popular historian Donald Jones leads 1,500 people through streets of historic Town of York in one of several Sunday walking tours he'll conduct this f(...)
9/12/1976
Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.
Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.
8/4/1980
One of the daring pranks young visitors to the zoo have been guilty of is jumping down or walking around a four-foot deep moat into the rhinoceros enc(...)
One of the daring pranks young visitors to the zoo have been guilty of is jumping down or walking around a four-foot deep moat into the rhinoceros enc(...)
9/24/1974
Beneath the disguise:..there lurks Bruce Dickinson, lead singer with rock group iron Maiden. The deerstalker hat and wooden walking stick are not what reporter Rita Zekas expected to see
Beneath the disguise:..there lurks Bruce Dickinson, lead singer with rock group iron Maiden. The deerstalker hat and wooden walking stick are not what reporter Rita Zekas expected to see
11/21/1984