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City hall hoopla, Some of the star performers of the Shrine Circus visited Nathan Phillips square yesterday to whip up business. The circus, which bil(...)
City hall hoopla, Some of the star performers of the Shrine Circus visited Nathan Phillips square yesterday to whip up business. The circus, which bil(...)

City hall hoopla, Some of the star performers of the Shrine Circus visited Nathan Phillips square yesterday to whip up business. The circus, which bil(...)

Date7/15/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: City hall hoopla; Some of the star performers of the Shrine Circus visited Nathan Phillips square yesterday to whip up business. The circus; which bills itself as the original world famous; performing under Canada's largest big top; runs July 16 through July 26 at Towne and Countrye; Yonge St. at Steeles Ave.
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A little higher please. Honey the bear, a performer in the Shrine Circus, gets a good hosing yesterday from trainer Rene Turcios. The 29-week-old Syri(...)
A little higher please. Honey the bear, a performer in the Shrine Circus, gets a good hosing yesterday from trainer Rene Turcios. The 29-week-old Syri(...)
7/11/1988
Yuri Kuklachov, centre, who circus performers privately call the greatest clown there is, holds the Moscow Circus together Kuklachov coaxes a house ca(...)
Yuri Kuklachov, centre, who circus performers privately call the greatest clown there is, holds the Moscow Circus together Kuklachov coaxes a house ca(...)
9/28/1977
Circus performers Antonia Beamish, Pete Mountain, centre, and Misha Eligoloff, in le Cirque Archaos at Exhibition Stadium today, got 12 out of 15 on quiz
Circus performers Antonia Beamish, Pete Mountain, centre, and Misha Eligoloff, in le Cirque Archaos at Exhibition Stadium today, got 12 out of 15 on quiz
9/26/1991
Soviet stretch. High wire performer Abakarova Alla limbers up yesterday for the opening of the Moscow Circus at the SkyDome. The world famous circus' (...)
Soviet stretch. High wire performer Abakarova Alla limbers up yesterday for the opening of the Moscow Circus at the SkyDome. The world famous circus' (...)
3/21/1991
Bunny, an Indian elephant with the Tarzan Zerbini Shrine Circus, stoops so Jerry Parshall's wash hose can wet his considerable whistle. The circus is (...)
Bunny, an Indian elephant with the Tarzan Zerbini Shrine Circus, stoops so Jerry Parshall's wash hose can wet his considerable whistle. The circus is (...)
7/19/1988
Circus view, Circus employee Mark Parr, shown leading a team of horses at Shrine Circus in Toronto, objects to pickets' contention that circus life is(...)
Circus view, Circus employee Mark Parr, shown leading a team of horses at Shrine Circus in Toronto, objects to pickets' contention that circus life is(...)
6/3/1980
Using his head: Wn Nin, a performer in The Great Circus of China at the CNE Coliseum, keeps his eyes up while balancing an immense pot during rehearsals yesterday
Using his head: Wn Nin, a performer in The Great Circus of China at the CNE Coliseum, keeps his eyes up while balancing an immense pot during rehearsals yesterday
1/22/1982
... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off, so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and too(...)
... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off, so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and too(...)
7/5/1989
Synchornized swimming - jumbo style, Kids Tuesdays begin with a splash yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square
Synchornized swimming - jumbo style, Kids Tuesdays begin with a splash yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square
7/3/1990
Ring around the city hall. Linked trunk-to-tail in a massive show of force, the first group of a parade of 11 elephants stamps onto Nathan Phillips Sq(...)
Ring around the city hall. Linked trunk-to-tail in a massive show of force, the first group of a parade of 11 elephants stamps onto Nathan Phillips Sq(...)
5/13/1971
Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
5/24/1972
The Straits in full clown make-up which takes them an hour to put on before a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. In th(...)
The Straits in full clown make-up which takes them an hour to put on before a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. In th(...)
4/24/1973