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Getting loaded. Hugo Zacchini, the human cannonball, tries his cannon for size in preparation for the Shriners Circus, which opens Thursday at Exhibition Place
Getting loaded. Hugo Zacchini, the human cannonball, tries his cannon for size in preparation for the Shriners Circus, which opens Thursday at Exhibition Place

Getting loaded. Hugo Zacchini, the human cannonball, tries his cannon for size in preparation for the Shriners Circus, which opens Thursday at Exhibition Place

Date5/12/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting loaded. Hugo Zacchini; the human cannonball; tries his cannon for size in preparation for the Shriners Circus; which opens Thursday at Exhibition Place.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004784F
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