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High wire teetering is family affair
High wire teetering is family affair

High wire teetering is family affair

Date8/19/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: High wire teetering is family affair. Antoine Rigot balances 20 metres (about 60 feet) above the ground as a happy birthday stunt for his 1-year-old daughter; Coline. Rigot and his wife Agathe Olivier perform with the popular Cirque du Soleil cirvus now playing at Harbourfront.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0004735F
      No place in Canada has been painted and photographed as much as Novas Scotia's Peggy's Cove with its teetering wharves, weathered wooden fish sheds and dories bobbing at the docks
      No place in Canada has been painted and photographed as much as Novas Scotia's Peggy's Cove with its teetering wharves, weathered wooden fish sheds and dories bobbing at the docks
      Spremo, Boris
      8/20/1984
      Ballet on the high wire. Nina Logacheva of the Moscow Circus
      Ballet on the high wire. Nina Logacheva of the Moscow Circus
      Lennon, Frank
      9/26/1967
      While Lees Nickerson, 6, tries out the high wire
      While Lees Nickerson, 6, tries out the high wire
      Gower, Patti
      1/9/1992
      Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
      Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      6/24/1974
      Caleb Cooper, 8, balances on the high wire
      Caleb Cooper, 8, balances on the high wire
      Gower, Patti
      1/9/1992
      Bad choice of parking spot. High winds caused this tree to come crashing down yesterday, tiking a hydro wire with it and crushing this car parked on H(...)
      Bad choice of parking spot. High winds caused this tree to come crashing down yesterday, tiking a hydro wire with it and crushing this car parked on H(...)
      Cooper, David
      3/31/1985
      High wire heroics. Firefighters use a construction crane to lower an injured worker to safety yesterday from a stage being built at Harbourfront. The (...)
      High wire heroics. Firefighters use a construction crane to lower an injured worker to safety yesterday from a stage being built at Harbourfront. The (...)
      Mahler, John
      2/25/1992
      Soviet stretch. High wire performer Abakarova Alla limbers up yesterday for the opening of the Moscow Circus at the SkyDome. The world famous circus' (...)
      Soviet stretch. High wire performer Abakarova Alla limbers up yesterday for the opening of the Moscow Circus at the SkyDome. The world famous circus' (...)
      Moscow Circus
      3/21/1991
      Jim McLean doesn't have to be a high-wire specialist to reac the huge scoreboard and clock that hang fromt he ceiling of Maple Leaf Gardens - the equi(...)
      Jim McLean doesn't have to be a high-wire specialist to reac the huge scoreboard and clock that hang fromt he ceiling of Maple Leaf Gardens - the equi(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/30/1990
      Skywalker. Tension creases the face of Jay Cochrane (inset) as he successfully navigates the 88-metre (287-foot) high-wire strung 155 metres (500 feet(...)
      Skywalker. Tension creases the face of Jay Cochrane (inset) as he successfully navigates the 88-metre (287-foot) high-wire strung 155 metres (500 feet(...)
      Cochrane, Jay, 1944-
      11/19/1977
      Family affair: For Leo Badali, owner of a fruit-and-vegetable store on Bayview Ave., business is a family affair. 'We were brought up in the store, and we've always enjoyed it,' says son Domenic, pictured (left to right) with Sal, Vicki and Lena.
      Family affair: For Leo Badali, owner of a fruit-and-vegetable store on Bayview Ave., business is a family affair. 'We were brought up in the store, and we've always enjoyed it,' says son Domenic, pictured (left to right) with Sal, Vicki and Lena.
      Bock, Tony
      6/26/1983
      Wire sculpture: A tall wire metal bird, holding a fish in its beak, is the work of Toronto sculptor John Boyd
      Wire sculpture: A tall wire metal bird, holding a fish in its beak, is the work of Toronto sculptor John Boyd
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      8/15/1981