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No stopping him

Date7/31/1982

Names

Keay, Art (subject)

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: No stopping him: After 37 years as a runner and 26 as a race walker, former policeman Art Keay, 75, obviously doesn't know the meaning of the word quit. He'll heel-and-toe it 100 miles from Buffalo to Toronto.

Subject

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059097F

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