By Don Dutton Toronto Star, Within days of learning that a blind storekeeper in an Etobicoke office tower might have to retire Friday, his customers h(...)

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By Don Dutton Toronto Star, Within days of learning that a blind storekeeper in an Etobicoke office tower might have to retire Friday, his customers h(...)

Date3/8/1988

Names

Dutton, Don (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: By Don Dutton Toronto Star; Within days of learning that a blind storekeeper in an Etobicoke office tower might have to retire Friday; his customers had an 800-name petition asking that he be allowed to stay.

Subject

Blind

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020869F

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