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Wings make way for wheels. Six-year-old Jeffery Allan smiles as he gives a seagull a spirited chase with his motorized wheelchair at Bluffers Park in (...)
Wings make way for wheels. Six-year-old Jeffery Allan smiles as he gives a seagull a spirited chase with his motorized wheelchair at Bluffers Park in (...)

Wings make way for wheels. Six-year-old Jeffery Allan smiles as he gives a seagull a spirited chase with his motorized wheelchair at Bluffers Park in (...)

Date6/11/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wings make way for wheels. Six-year-old Jeffery Allan smiles as he gives a seagull a spirited chase with his motorized wheelchair at Bluffers Park in Scarborough yesterday. Jeffery and other members of his kindergarten class from Sunny view Public School; a school for physically handicapped children; were having a picnic lunch at the partk. They also fed the birds and took in the park sights with their teachers.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022801F
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