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Using a braille tape to measure the deck of the Dart class yacht he is building, Hugh Russel, blind national director of employment for the Canadian N(...)
Using a braille tape to measure the deck of the Dart class yacht he is building, Hugh Russel, blind national director of employment for the Canadian N(...)

Using a braille tape to measure the deck of the Dart class yacht he is building, Hugh Russel, blind national director of employment for the Canadian N(...)

Date10/6/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Using a braille tape to measure the deck of the Dart class yacht he is building; Hugh Russel; blind national director of employment for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind; gets some supervision from his 4-month-old Labrador retriever; Charlie. The CNIB is one of Metro's 78 United Appeal agencies.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020761F
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