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Logist Bruce McBride holds Maxine, his 5-foot constrictor, and fred, his alligator
Logist Bruce McBride holds Maxine, his 5-foot constrictor, and fred, his alligator

Logist Bruce McBride holds Maxine, his 5-foot constrictor, and fred, his alligator

Date10/5/1971
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129692F
A Boa constrictor named Reuben, held by owner Bruce McBride, entertains Grade 5 pupils at Ellesmere Public School yesterday
A Boa constrictor named Reuben, held by owner Bruce McBride, entertains Grade 5 pupils at Ellesmere Public School yesterday
10/23/1975
Boa construction squirms above his head as former Etobicoke science teacher Bruce McBride shows youngsters at Eatonville Library on Saturday how to handle reptiles
Boa construction squirms above his head as former Etobicoke science teacher Bruce McBride shows youngsters at Eatonville Library on Saturday how to handle reptiles
3/28/1976
Tender moment: Jacques Perrin of Stratford, father of 5-year-old Denis, who was found dead in a ditch one week ago today, holds the budgie he gave his son just days before the abduction
Tender moment: Jacques Perrin of Stratford, father of 5-year-old Denis, who was found dead in a ditch one week ago today, holds the budgie he gave his son just days before the abduction
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The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
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His beef: Michael Davidson of the Kensington Patty Palace holds a stack of what he has known all his life as patties - but which authorities now have told him are meat pies.
His beef: Michael Davidson of the Kensington Patty Palace holds a stack of what he has known all his life as patties - but which authorities now have told him are meat pies.
2/15/1985
Lonely protest: Herb Field, an organizer of National Distress Day and president of the Canadian Association for Sensible interest Rates holds a lonely protest outside his Danforth Ave. offices. The response to his group's call for a national day of protes
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Happy man: Relaxing in his Erindale College office, Archie French, umpire, hockey trainer and amateur social worker, holds the papier-mache head that captures his zany smile.
Happy man: Relaxing in his Erindale College office, Archie French, umpire, hockey trainer and amateur social worker, holds the papier-mache head that captures his zany smile.
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A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
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Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
Chinese herballst: Edward Chu holds a pair of dried lizards in one hand and manipulates his abacus with the other in his Spadina Ave. shop. The male and female lizards, which cost $20 a pair, aremade into tea to increase virility. Beside Chu is a mannequin showing acupunture points.
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Alice Cooper shows his bizarre side with his 11-foot boa-constrictor
Alice Cooper shows his bizarre side with his 11-foot boa-constrictor
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Dom Petruccelli holds some of his film's orange sponge balls
Dom Petruccelli holds some of his film's orange sponge balls
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