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Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)
Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)

Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)

Date7/24/1990
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  • Not-So-Easy Riding, Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his fathe(...)
  • Not-So-Easy Riding; Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his father; Hans; swings on a trapeze below a 50-feet-high wire.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Not-So-Easy Riding; Twelve-year-old Carl Winn thrills spectators at Ontario Place as he clings to his precarious perch on a motorcycle while his father; Hans; swings on a trapeze below a 50-feet-high wire.
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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_0101106F
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      Riding High: Daredevil Hans Winn is towing his partner Karl Winn above Ontario Place, while the sailboat below moves in a more conventional manner
      Riding High: Daredevil Hans Winn is towing his partner Karl Winn above Ontario Place, while the sailboat below moves in a more conventional manner
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/7/1989
      The white man's aeroplane has brought civilization closer to the Eskimo, though he still clings to his igloo
      The white man's aeroplane has brought civilization closer to the Eskimo, though he still clings to his igloo
      Schulte, Paul, 1896-
      3/5/1938
      Rescued from sabotaged train, youngster clings with his arms around shoulders of Etobicoke fireman James Grant, as he is carried to safety from scene (...)
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      Ross, Fred
      4/20/1969
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      5/15/1988
      An old world air clings around the Dean's House of University College, Univeristy of Toronto
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/29/1938
      Inset, he clings to the side
      Inset, he clings to the side
      Goode, Jeff
      5/19/1983
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      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      11/4/1967
      Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
      Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
      Brennan, Pat
      5/30/1977
      It isn't easy: Throws from second base to first sometimes look easy to the spectators but the strain on the face and neck of the Jays' shortstop Tony Fernandez yesterday proves this isn't so
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      Fernandez, Tony, 1962-
      6/15/1986
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      Lawson, Michael Wade
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      At the graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-year-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother
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