Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
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(...)

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(...)

Date2/22/1978
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: 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 skiers who visit the Ski King ski area at King Sideroad and Highway 400. A Mississauga couple; Ron and Barbara Lusher; are the main guides; preparing blind for competition and recreation.
Subject
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020798F
Olympic gold-medal skier Nancy Greene Raine shows ski equipment to a group of blind youngsters at the Canadian National Institute for The Blind last n(...)
Olympic gold-medal skier Nancy Greene Raine shows ski equipment to a group of blind youngsters at the Canadian National Institute for The Blind last n(...)
10/23/1970
An excellent skier, though blind, Stan King shows his son, Steve, 7, how to prepare his ski equipment
An excellent skier, though blind, Stan King shows his son, Steve, 7, how to prepare his ski equipment
9/8/1972
Blind from birth, 16-year-old Janet Gardiner listens to her special receiver she has had for a month
Blind from birth, 16-year-old Janet Gardiner listens to her special receiver she has had for a month
7/5/1978
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
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 and facing eviction, Agatha Huard, 27, sits with her children in the Ontario Housing Corp
Blind and facing eviction, Agatha Huard, 27, sits with her children in the Ontario Housing Corp
4/20/1975
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THlI DEAF AND DUMB, AND OF THE BLIND ...
Annual report of the Society for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and of the Blind for the year 1861
1862
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(...)
10/6/1971
Bradley Gillespie in class, Only blind student in the school, he takes notes in Braille
Bradley Gillespie in class, Only blind student in the school, he takes notes in Braille
9/12/1968
Toronto is fine for the blind but it could be better says John Simmons, recreation supervisor for Canadian National Institute for the Blind on Bayview(...)
Toronto is fine for the blind but it could be better says John Simmons, recreation supervisor for Canadian National Institute for the Blind on Bayview(...)
3/7/1975
Light sensors help the blind, Frank Gill, founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, works on the circuitry for (...)
Light sensors help the blind, Frank Gill, founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, works on the circuitry for (...)
4/15/1985
Bullet lodged near eye: Luka Kraljevic, 36, blinded after being shot last year by someone he says was a member of the Yugoslavian secret police, listens as wife Ursula, 27, speaks during an interview yesterday
Bullet lodged near eye: Luka Kraljevic, 36, blinded after being shot last year by someone he says was a member of the Yugoslavian secret police, listens as wife Ursula, 27, speaks during an interview yesterday
2/26/1984