Smiling through

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Smiling through

Date3/20/1988

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Smiling through: Domingo Montero, 9, takes a break from his computer at the Hospital for Sick Children. Catherine Meikle, background, and her husband Bill brought the Dominican boy, whom they met begging on a beach, here for hip surgery. Playful nurses attached the sign to his wheelchair.

Subject

Children with disabilities

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026056F

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