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Date6/28/1923
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Original Toronto Star caption: School Days: The year was 1923, and it was June. At the Ontario School for the Blind in Brantford, these little girls, watched by teachers and staff, were getting ready to run a race, guided by loops attached to ropes along the course.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106116F
Image shows a 10-year-old Andrea Essig gets special coaching from Andra Kelly at the Victoria V ...
Careful coaching: 10-year-old Andrea Essig gets special coaching from Andra Kelly at the Victoria Village Arena. Andrea was one of 30 blind children on hand at the arena yesterday learning how to skate.
2/7/1980
Image shows the blind skaters program run by North York's parks and recreation department. Here ...
In its second year, the blind skaters program run by North York's parks and recreation department is brainchild of Andra Kelly, wife of Toronto Maple Leafs coach Red Kelly, and Nancy Cameron of department. Here, Mrs. Kelly assists Dennis Donnelly at Victoria Village Arena. There are 10 people in program, ranging in age from 7 to 62, and they come from all parts of Metro. They need more volunteers.
11/11/1976
Robert Marsh, president Arthur Gate, Secretary Dominion Tactile press, (an incorporated charit ...
Dominion Tactile Press
approximately 1915
Carroll Baker Country and Western singer with the Jaguar Sovereign
Carroll Baker Country and Western singer with the Jaguar Sovereign
2/14/1987
Home he never saw
Home he never saw
1/29/1982
Gene Reimer (left) of Vancouver, Canada's 1972 wheelchair athlete of year, and Chris Stoddard of Toronto demonstrate manoeuvre on their wheelchairs at(...)
Gene Reimer (left) of Vancouver, Canada's 1972 wheelchair athlete of year, and Chris Stoddard of Toronto demonstrate manoeuvre on their wheelchairs at(...)
6/19/1974
Ben's back on track! When Ben Johnson lined up between elite wheelchair athletes Andre Viger, left, and Jeff Adams, it was (up and) over pretty quick.(...)
Ben's back on track! When Ben Johnson lined up between elite wheelchair athletes Andre Viger, left, and Jeff Adams, it was (up and) over pretty quick.(...)
6/21/1990
Music lover: Doug Cowan, shown with mother Lyn and sister Heather, recently created a symphony on a computer system debuting in a day camp in June
Music lover: Doug Cowan, shown with mother Lyn and sister Heather, recently created a symphony on a computer system debuting in a day camp in June
5/12/1993
Handicapped kids get new van. Gabor Takacs, 4, is standing beside Silver Creek Nursery School's new van, which was donated by the Humber Valley Kiwani(...)
Handicapped kids get new van. Gabor Takacs, 4, is standing beside Silver Creek Nursery School's new van, which was donated by the Humber Valley Kiwani(...)
2/25/1986
Bogutin, Wasily
Bogutin, Wasily
7/17/1996
Boldt, Arnold
Boldt, Arnold
n.d.
Star athlete Amputee Arnie Boldt of Saskatoon, inspiration behind CBC film Crossbar, wins long jump by more than a metre despite change in rules at Canadian Games for Physically Disabled
Star athlete Amputee Arnie Boldt of Saskatoon, inspiration behind CBC film Crossbar, wins long jump by more than a metre despite change in rules at Canadian Games for Physically Disabled
8/27/1981