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Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)
Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)

Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)

Date8/31/1934
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  • Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon; After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto people on edge for three days; nearly four score of the world's foremost long-distance swimmers plunged into.
  • Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon; After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto people on edge for three days; nearly four score of the world's foremost long-distance swimmers plunged into.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112069F
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Top-ranked marathon swimmer- Loreen Passfield, 21, is greased down for lake swim by coach Pam Hrycyk
Top-ranked marathon swimmer- Loreen Passfield, 21, is greased down for lake swim by coach Pam Hrycyk
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/15/1978
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/31/1937
Taking the CNE plunge, Going, going, gone
Taking the CNE plunge, Going, going, gone
Bezant, Graham
8/13/1974
Taking a flyer at the ex, Holding on tight, visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition start the downward plunge on the roller coaster, the Flyer, on of the many exciting rides on the midway
Taking a flyer at the ex, Holding on tight, visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition start the downward plunge on the roller coaster, the Flyer, on of the many exciting rides on the midway
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/25/1972
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Exhibitions - CNE - Marathon Swim
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Exhibitions - CNE - Marathon Swim
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
n.d.
Old Dufferin St. Entrance is seen as it appeared in 1907. Many world famous events were initiated at the CNE, like the marathon swim for men and women(...)
Old Dufferin St. Entrance is seen as it appeared in 1907. Many world famous events were initiated at the CNE, like the marathon swim for men and women(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/16/1952
After visiting the Ex every year since 1913, CNE fan Elizabeth Perkins, 86, tried a candy floss for the first time this year and didn't like it. She s(...)
After visiting the Ex every year since 1913, CNE fan Elizabeth Perkins, 86, tried a candy floss for the first time this year and didn't like it. She s(...)
Beaty, Keith
8/29/1976
And only two more weeks to go, The tent may sag and they've had some rain, but Stephen Cox (right) and Alex McAuley, both 13, together with two other (...)
And only two more weeks to go, The tent may sag and they've had some rain, but Stephen Cox (right) and Alex McAuley, both 13, together with two other (...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/2/1973
These two are tongue-tied at the Dog Show
These two are tongue-tied at the Dog Show
McConnell, Colin
3/22/1981
Wayward driver, Ed Hore, one of several clowns doing the rounds at the Ex, has found an ideal way to get around obstacles - he rides a cycle that will go in two directions at once
Wayward driver, Ed Hore, one of several clowns doing the rounds at the Ex, has found an ideal way to get around obstacles - he rides a cycle that will go in two directions at once
Bull, Ron
8/17/1979
Two of the four Canadian girls working in the pavilion of the small sheikdom of Abu Dhabi pose with Arab deputy commissioner Abdulla Danwood. They're(...)
Two of the four Canadian girls working in the pavilion of the small sheikdom of Abu Dhabi pose with Arab deputy commissioner Abdulla Danwood. They're(...)
Spremo, Boris
6/11/1970
Rub-a-dub-dub, there were politicians in the tubs at Canadian National Exhibition waterfront for the annual bathtub derby yesterday. Two tubs capsized(...)
Rub-a-dub-dub, there were politicians in the tubs at Canadian National Exhibition waterfront for the annual bathtub derby yesterday. Two tubs capsized(...)
Bezant, Graham
8/26/1976