Angry victims

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Angry victims

Date2/24/1989

Names

Eglinton, Rick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Angry victims: Persons who feel let down by Health Protection Branch include, clockwise from top left, quadriplegic John Weeks, 10, whose mother Pauline (shown with husband Fred) took Bendectin, thalidomide victim Sandy Hatch, 28, hemophiliac AIDS victim Claude Varin, 48, and users of Dalkon Shield contraceptive device.

Subject

People with disabilities

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026776F

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