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Putting new soles on old running shoes is a satisfying job for 21-year-old paraplegic Imre Szeleyi, who defected to Canada during the Olympic Games for the Disabled
Putting new soles on old running shoes is a satisfying job for 21-year-old paraplegic Imre Szeleyi, who defected to Canada during the Olympic Games for the Disabled

Putting new soles on old running shoes is a satisfying job for 21-year-old paraplegic Imre Szeleyi, who defected to Canada during the Olympic Games for the Disabled

Date10/20/1977
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134613F
Carry On The Tradition, Maria, Repairs, polishing, new soles, gluing and a wide variety of other jobs shoe repair people usually do - Pete's Shoes liv(...)
Carry On The Tradition, Maria, Repairs, polishing, new soles, gluing and a wide variety of other jobs shoe repair people usually do - Pete's Shoes liv(...)
8/28/1989
Some of the Medals he won at the Ontario Games for the Disabled in Brantford earlier this year are worn by 16-year-old Tim Haslam of Aurora
Some of the Medals he won at the Ontario Games for the Disabled in Brantford earlier this year are worn by 16-year-old Tim Haslam of Aurora
7/20/1977
U of T team led by Ian Manners is working on inorganic plastics with desirable properties, like the suppleness of the sillicon-plastic soles that left Neil Armstrong's foot prints on the cold, cold moon
U of T team led by Ian Manners is working on inorganic plastics with desirable properties, like the suppleness of the sillicon-plastic soles that left Neil Armstrong's foot prints on the cold, cold moon
8/19/1991
Paul Soles, left, and Leon Bibb star in the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport, a play about a pair of 81-year-old men trading tales on a park bench, which opens at the Royal Alex Wednesday
Paul Soles, left, and Leon Bibb star in the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport, a play about a pair of 81-year-old men trading tales on a park bench, which opens at the Royal Alex Wednesday
3/16/1987
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
6/20/1977
D'Arcy O'Connell: 40-year-old has been paraplegic for 18 years.
D'Arcy O'Connell: 40-year-old has been paraplegic for 18 years.
3/4/1981
A Little mood music please for Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon, who would like to be a concert pianist, and TV star Paul Soles as her symphony conductor
A Little mood music please for Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon, who would like to be a concert pianist, and TV star Paul Soles as her symphony conductor
6/14/1978
Satisfying job: Allen Rae, 62, holds a prototype of an LGB German Diesel train, a train that still runs in Europe.
Satisfying job: Allen Rae, 62, holds a prototype of an LGB German Diesel train, a train that still runs in Europe.
4/17/1987
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
6/5/1983
In swimming style, Six-year-old Thomas Bird is all smiles yesterday after competing in the 7th annual Durham Regional Police Disabled Children's Games(...)
In swimming style, Six-year-old Thomas Bird is all smiles yesterday after competing in the 7th annual Durham Regional Police Disabled Children's Games(...)
11/23/1991
Different world: Julian McDermott, an autistic 20-year-old from Niagara Falls, loves his taps, VCR and video games
Different world: Julian McDermott, an autistic 20-year-old from Niagara Falls, loves his taps, VCR and video games
2/17/1989
Sole survivors of the Great Canadian Wagon Train, Jon Houghton, 21, and his sister, Barb, 23, attend to come chores after pulling into Peace River Country 17 months and 2,600 miles after setting out
Sole survivors of the Great Canadian Wagon Train, Jon Houghton, 21, and his sister, Barb, 23, attend to come chores after pulling into Peace River Country 17 months and 2,600 miles after setting out
8/17/1976