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Watching the Aquabatics of a pair of killer whales at opening of new whale pool in Vancouver's Stanley Park, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (centre) la(...)
Watching the Aquabatics of a pair of killer whales at opening of new whale pool in Vancouver's Stanley Park, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (centre) la(...)

Watching the Aquabatics of a pair of killer whales at opening of new whale pool in Vancouver's Stanley Park, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (centre) la(...)

Date5/2/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Watching the Aquabatics of a pair of killer whales at opening of new whale pool in Vancouver's Stanley Park, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (centre) laughs at their antics while his wife, Margaret, claps her hands. With them is aquarium director Dr. Murray Newman.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0086067F
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    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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    Loek, Dick
    10/25/1976
    Whale Tale: Dave Lagrotta makes some last-minute adjustments yesterday to a whale's mouth, part of a new Santa Claus parade float
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    Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
    11/16/1991
    Canadian author David Day's book about whales, The Whale War, suggests that if man self-destructs, the seas may still survive, providing a haven for the 'wise and cultured' whale
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    Bennett, Julie
    6/2/1987
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    Bryant, George
    2/27/1976
    Animals - Whale - Gray Whales - Nacho
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    Bryant, George
    2/27/1976
    Giant squid, a species that is not afraid to tackle whales, have been caught off the coast of Peru by a famous globe-trotting angler, Michael Lerner of New York
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    Lerner, Michael
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    The whale's story : passages from the life of a Leviathan
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    Seeley, Jackson & Halliday
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    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    1/13/1976
    Marine biologists are as baffled as this 5-year-old boy about why 133 highly intelligent pothead whales committed suicide by beaching themselves on th(...)
    Marine biologists are as baffled as this 5-year-old boy about why 133 highly intelligent pothead whales committed suicide by beaching themselves on th(...)
    Cooper, David
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