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Raising their roof. Workers with the Cirque Du Soleil circus (top) pitch in to raise the Big Top for their stint at Harbourfront next week. The Montre(...)
Raising their roof. Workers with the Cirque Du Soleil circus (top) pitch in to raise the Big Top for their stint at Harbourfront next week. The Montre(...)

Raising their roof. Workers with the Cirque Du Soleil circus (top) pitch in to raise the Big Top for their stint at Harbourfront next week. The Montre(...)

Date9/10/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Raising their roof. Workers with the Cirque Du Soleil circus (top) pitch in to raise the Big Top for their stint at Harbourfront next week. The Montreal-based circus is just three years old and will be in Toronto Sept. 12 to 18 with a troupe of 32 performers. In bottom picture the workers finish the tent installation and lay out brackets for bleachers to be put up inside.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0004736F
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