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Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights (...)
Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights (...)

Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights (...)

Date8/14/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights of Les Ballets Africains. The troupe which opened last night at the O'Keefe Centre features authentic African songs and dances; keening music and a line of topless chorus girls.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0104449F
      Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights (...)
      Mid-Air swoop in which a performer plucks a hand-kerchief from the floor while flying horizontally through the air was one of the athletic highlights (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/14/1967
      It's all in a day's work, A helicopter plucks a man from a power line, taking him from one job site to another on the 230-volt high-tension line between Cherrywood and Oshawa
      It's all in a day's work, A helicopter plucks a man from a power line, taking him from one job site to another on the 230-volt high-tension line between Cherrywood and Oshawa
      Beaty, Keith
      4/30/1975
      An older native woman plucks a duck near Kingfisher Lake
      An older native woman plucks a duck near Kingfisher Lake
      Smith, Marjie
      10/7/1990
      From Russia with speed, One of the highlights of the boat show which opened yesterday adjacent to Ontario Place on the waterfront is this Russian hydrofoil shown here in Toronto harbor
      From Russia with speed, One of the highlights of the boat show which opened yesterday adjacent to Ontario Place on the waterfront is this Russian hydrofoil shown here in Toronto harbor
      Lennon, Frank
      9/10/1975
      Hand-Made Quilts, for sale are one of the highlights of the Mennonite Relief Sale to be held this Saturday at New Hamburg. Here Mrs. Abraham Dick and (...)
      Hand-Made Quilts, for sale are one of the highlights of the Mennonite Relief Sale to be held this Saturday at New Hamburg. Here Mrs. Abraham Dick and (...)
      Goode, Jeff
      5/19/1971
      Highlights of Vermilye, While provincial and municipal police were searching throughout Ontario for Harold Vermilyea, alleged hatchet slayer of his mo(...)
      Highlights of Vermilye, While provincial and municipal police were searching throughout Ontario for Harold Vermilyea, alleged hatchet slayer of his mo(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      Rickie Lee Jones: Her wispy, wandering set at Massey Hall last night, while not always in focus, included compellingly emotional highlights, says critic Mitch Potter
      Rickie Lee Jones: Her wispy, wandering set at Massey Hall last night, while not always in focus, included compellingly emotional highlights, says critic Mitch Potter
      Jones, Rickie Lee
      6/6/1990
      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(...)
      Dutton, Don
      10/3/1976
      Saturday night sessions of Club 835 - Toronto's liveliest though least publicized night spot are one of the highlights at Woodgreen Community centre. (...)
      Saturday night sessions of Club 835 - Toronto's liveliest though least publicized night spot are one of the highlights at Woodgreen Community centre. (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/29/1949
      This time Canada won, The U.S. men's basketball team drubbed Canada 95-77 is one of the highlights of last week's Olympic Games. But yesterday, in the(...)
      This time Canada won, The U.S. men's basketball team drubbed Canada 95-77 is one of the highlights of last week's Olympic Games. But yesterday, in the(...)
      Mahler, John
      8/6/1976
      Tiny Plea. A midget in a diaper pleading with Health Minister David Crombie not to chop the baby bonus was one of the highlights of the roast of Toron(...)
      Tiny Plea. A midget in a diaper pleading with Health Minister David Crombie not to chop the baby bonus was one of the highlights of the roast of Toron(...)
      Bull, Ron
      11/29/1979
      Highlights of the musical program of the Salute to Russia demonstration was the choral singing of the massed United Nations Choir located at one end o(...)
      Highlights of the musical program of the Salute to Russia demonstration was the choral singing of the massed United Nations Choir located at one end o(...)
      James, Norman
      6/23/1943