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Ivy Bassett, Blind in one eye
Ivy Bassett, Blind in one eye

Ivy Bassett, Blind in one eye

Date5/30/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ivy Bassett; Blind in one eye
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020769F
John Simmons, who is blind, learns to handle plastics, Pat Trusty acts as his eyes in class at George Brown College
John Simmons, who is blind, learns to handle plastics, Pat Trusty acts as his eyes in class at George Brown College
11/9/1971
Waiting for Goldie's return, Blind woman Anne Weatherby is comforted by her husband Roland today as they await word about her seeing-eye dog Goldie, w(...)
Waiting for Goldie's return, Blind woman Anne Weatherby is comforted by her husband Roland today as they await word about her seeing-eye dog Goldie, w(...)
3/20/1978
Born blind, Susan Miller, who has taught other blind persons for 50 of her 77 years, practises weaving-the one hobby I love
Born blind, Susan Miller, who has taught other blind persons for 50 of her 77 years, practises weaving-the one hobby I love
1/31/1974
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
Blind teenagers from Halifax who play country and western talk music with two of the James Cotton Blues Band - a really great sound, one youth said. F(...)
Blind teenagers from Halifax who play country and western talk music with two of the James Cotton Blues Band - a really great sound, one youth said. F(...)
6/6/1972
Blind poet Mary Frances Haws (left) reads one of the poems from her latest book to the Maud Hawkins unit of the United Church Women at Glebe United Ch(...)
Blind poet Mary Frances Haws (left) reads one of the poems from her latest book to the Maud Hawkins unit of the United Church Women at Glebe United Ch(...)
6/17/1974
Janice Nicholas is one of many blind Canadians holding responsible jobs and living a normal life
Janice Nicholas is one of many blind Canadians holding responsible jobs and living a normal life
2/17/1967
Helping hand for blind visitor, Lucio Rosales, left, and Mario Tulio Lopez, members of a choir of blind students from Honduras visiting Metro, try on sunglasses at Imperial Optical Canada
Helping hand for blind visitor, Lucio Rosales, left, and Mario Tulio Lopez, members of a choir of blind students from Honduras visiting Metro, try on sunglasses at Imperial Optical Canada
4/14/1988
Blind Skier John Houston, 27, listens closely to instructions from Cathy Gilpin, 25, during a class for the Ski Hawks, a 55-member group of blind skie(...)
Blind Skier John Houston, 27, listens closely to instructions from Cathy Gilpin, 25, during a class for the Ski Hawks, a 55-member group of blind skie(...)
2/22/1978
Blind: David and Marjorie Inglis, who are legally blind and living in a Metro Housing Authority development in Scarborough, say people with disabilities can live well in subsidized housing
Blind: David and Marjorie Inglis, who are legally blind and living in a Metro Housing Authority development in Scarborough, say people with disabilities can live well in subsidized housing
3/4/1986
The appeal of a blind woman, Betty Ormsby is 91 years old and blind, but her enthusiasm for work of the United Appeal led her to knock on 120 doors th(...)
The appeal of a blind woman, Betty Ormsby is 91 years old and blind, but her enthusiasm for work of the United Appeal led her to knock on 120 doors th(...)
10/19/1972
Totally blind, Lorraine Jackson leaves a bus on her way alone to an appointment, thanks to the mobility course at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Totally blind, Lorraine Jackson leaves a bus on her way alone to an appointment, thanks to the mobility course at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
3/22/1974