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Breathing fire: A 50-foot dragon with flapping wings, claws out-stretched and simulated flames belching from its toothy maw drew rave reviews at the annual Santa Claus Parade yesterday
Breathing fire: A 50-foot dragon with flapping wings, claws out-stretched and simulated flames belching from its toothy maw drew rave reviews at the annual Santa Claus Parade yesterday

Breathing fire: A 50-foot dragon with flapping wings, claws out-stretched and simulated flames belching from its toothy maw drew rave reviews at the annual Santa Claus Parade yesterday

Date11/17/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Breathing fire: A 50-foot dragon with flapping wings; claws out-stretched and simulated flames belching from its toothy maw drew rave reviews at the annual Santa Claus Parade yesterday.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0010752F
      Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
      Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      2/27/1980
      Deborah Kerr's a model of propriety but, provoked, she can show her claws
      Deborah Kerr's a model of propriety but, provoked, she can show her claws
      Bezant, Graham
      9/2/1978
      Paws and claws : being true stories of clever creatures, tame and wild
      Paws and claws : being true stories of clever creatures, tame and wild
      Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
      1875
      Dragon man: Gene Simmons was back in his old form at the Gardens Friday, spitting blood, belching fire and performing the kinds of antics that made him a rock n roll hero
      Dragon man: Gene Simmons was back in his old form at the Gardens Friday, spitting blood, belching fire and performing the kinds of antics that made him a rock n roll hero
      Kiss (Musical group)
      1/14/1983
      Flames soar at factory blaze. It took about 50 firefighters more than three hours to control a fire at an abandoned tire factory on Bloor St. W., west(...)
      Flames soar at factory blaze. It took about 50 firefighters more than three hours to control a fire at an abandoned tire factory on Bloor St. W., west(...)
      Cooper, David
      5/18/1983
      Too close for comfort. Detroit Red Wings goalie Hanlon could use a little breathing room as teammate Joe Kocur (26) and Leafs' Al Secored tangle a lit(...)
      Too close for comfort. Detroit Red Wings goalie Hanlon could use a little breathing room as teammate Joe Kocur (26) and Leafs' Al Secored tangle a lit(...)
      Russell, Jim
      9/27/1988
      Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
      Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      7/15/1976
      Children who'll open their eyes wide at a distant view of lighted Christmas tree may hide them from a close-up of a living, breathing Santa Claus. Sta(...)
      Children who'll open their eyes wide at a distant view of lighted Christmas tree may hide them from a close-up of a living, breathing Santa Claus. Sta(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      n.d.
      Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
      Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
      Stawicki, Andrew
      4/9/1987
      It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
      It's Santa's parade on Sunday, The 72nd annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade gets off the mark Sunday at 1
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/8/1976
      Santa's here: Santa Claus arrived in time for Mississauga's annual parade last week, much to the delight of a crowd of 70,000 people
      Santa's here: Santa Claus arrived in time for Mississauga's annual parade last week, much to the delight of a crowd of 70,000 people
      Gower, Patti
      11/8/1992
      Merry old Santa practises a high wave for the hundreds of thousands expected to turn out for today's 85th annual Santa Claus Parade, which starts at C(...)
      Merry old Santa practises a high wave for the hundreds of thousands expected to turn out for today's 85th annual Santa Claus Parade, which starts at C(...)
      Loek, Dick
      11/17/1990