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... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off, so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and too(...)
... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off, so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and too(...)

... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off, so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and too(...)

Date7/5/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: ... Unless you bring trunks. After a hard day's work even elephants need to cool off; so three pachydrems from the Shrine Circus ignored signs and took a refreshing dip at Harbourfront yesterday. The high reached 28C (82F) with a humidity reading of 57 percent. Environment Canada says it will get worse before it gets better. Today's high should reach 31C (88F).
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0004801F
      Bunny, an Indian elephant with the Tarzan Zerbini Shrine Circus, stoops so Jerry Parshall's wash hose can wet his considerable whistle. The circus is (...)
      Bunny, an Indian elephant with the Tarzan Zerbini Shrine Circus, stoops so Jerry Parshall's wash hose can wet his considerable whistle. The circus is (...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/19/1988
      Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
      Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
      Faught, Ken
      11/3/1987
      Ring around the city hall. Linked trunk-to-tail in a massive show of force, the first group of a parade of 11 elephants stamps onto Nathan Phillips Sq(...)
      Ring around the city hall. Linked trunk-to-tail in a massive show of force, the first group of a parade of 11 elephants stamps onto Nathan Phillips Sq(...)
      Ross, Fred
      5/13/1971
      Circus - Animals - Elephants
      Circus - Animals - Elephants
      Spremo, Boris
      7/15/1986
      Master of tigers, horses and elephants, Gunther Gebel-Williams puts a couple of his big cats through their paces at circus in Coliseum of Canadian Nat(...)
      Master of tigers, horses and elephants, Gunther Gebel-Williams puts a couple of his big cats through their paces at circus in Coliseum of Canadian Nat(...)
      Loek, Dick
      4/27/1972
      Circus elephants do more than perform in the centre ring
      Circus elephants do more than perform in the centre ring
      Lennon, Frank
      7/28/1975
      Circus, elephants, on way to Dufferin Park Race Track, perhaps on Brock Avenue
      Circus, elephants, on way to Dufferin Park Race Track, perhaps on Brock Avenue
      Williams, Charles A., active 1897-1962
      1920 circa
      Working for peanuts. Trainer Gary Thomas, 30, puts Bundy the elephant through its paces as the Shrine Circus 1985 opens at Mississauga's Square One today. The circus will be there until Sunday
      Working for peanuts. Trainer Gary Thomas, 30, puts Bundy the elephant through its paces as the Shrine Circus 1985 opens at Mississauga's Square One today. The circus will be there until Sunday
      McConnell, Colin
      7/23/1985
      Elephants need fast cleaning-up before leading Hare Krishna festival parade
      Elephants need fast cleaning-up before leading Hare Krishna festival parade
      Bull, Ron
      8/13/1977
      A lucky few saw the elephants. it doesn't open until Aug. 15, so thousands of disappointed people were turned away from gates of new Metro Zoo during (...)
      A lucky few saw the elephants. it doesn't open until Aug. 15, so thousands of disappointed people were turned away from gates of new Metro Zoo during (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/4/1974
      Their morning's work-that pile of tree trunks-behind them, slasher operator Joy Colehouse (centre) and crewmates Maurice Larose, (left, and Yvon Reiva(...)
      Their morning's work-that pile of tree trunks-behind them, slasher operator Joy Colehouse (centre) and crewmates Maurice Larose, (left, and Yvon Reiva(...)
      Loek, Dick
      5/25/1974
      As for elephants, they're rarer on roads but they do cross and you give them room - tailgating can lead to crushed car
      As for elephants, they're rarer on roads but they do cross and you give them room - tailgating can lead to crushed car
      Bryant, George
      12/22/1977