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Elephant comes back -- with her trunk
Elephant comes back -- with her trunk

Elephant comes back -- with her trunk

Date5/15/1969
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  • Elephant comes back -- with her trunk
  • Elephant comes back -- with her trunk. Dolly the elephant packed her trunk and came back to Toronto today for a three-night circus stand. The 1,500-pound children's favorite, who outgrew her Riverdale Zoo pen last year, clumped onto Nathan Phillips Square with her two-year-old companion Daffodil, who was reluctant to let Mayor Dennison leave.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Elephant comes back -- with her trunk. Dolly the elephant packed her trunk and came back to Toronto today for a three-night circus stand. The 1,500-pound children's favorite, who outgrew her Riverdale Zoo pen last year, clumped onto Nathan Phillips Square with her two-year-old companion Daffodil, who was reluctant to let Mayor Dennison leave.
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