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Lynn Hackett Blind since birth
Lynn Hackett Blind since birth

Lynn Hackett Blind since birth

Date10/20/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lynn Hackett Blind since birth
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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_0020812F
Led by guide dogs, Mike Yale, 26, with his retriever Vargus, and his 20-year-old blind girl friend Lynn Hackett, with her retriever Natalie, enter the(...)
Led by guide dogs, Mike Yale, 26, with his retriever Vargus, and his 20-year-old blind girl friend Lynn Hackett, with her retriever Natalie, enter the(...)
1/1/1970
Lynn Hackett I felt I was on trial
Lynn Hackett I felt I was on trial
11/7/1972
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
9/13/1977
Blind since birth, Diane Motchuk, 21, steps out of her home for the first time with Katrina, a 60-pound golden labrador that will be her guide dog. Sh(...)
Blind since birth, Diane Motchuk, 21, steps out of her home for the first time with Katrina, a 60-pound golden labrador that will be her guide dog. Sh(...)
3/28/1976
Rejean Proulx, a 20-year-old university student from Hearst who has been blind since birth, reads with an Optecon machine at the Canadian National Ins(...)
Rejean Proulx, a 20-year-old university student from Hearst who has been blind since birth, reads with an Optecon machine at the Canadian National Ins(...)
9/12/1973
Lisa Ference: You don't get very far being terrified, says Ference, who has accomplished much despite being blind since birth
Lisa Ference: You don't get very far being terrified, says Ference, who has accomplished much despite being blind since birth
6/7/1985
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
2/1/1971
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)
2/1/1971
Blind since birth, Harold Verge has been selling pencils and pens for the past 10 years at this spot in the Queen St
Blind since birth, Harold Verge has been selling pencils and pens for the past 10 years at this spot in the Queen St
5/22/1975
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
Packing grass seed at $2.50 an hour is happiness for David O'Reilly, almost totally blind since he was 8. The 20-year-old Snelgrove man book job four (...)
Packing grass seed at $2.50 an hour is happiness for David O'Reilly, almost totally blind since he was 8. The 20-year-old Snelgrove man book job four (...)
3/23/1974
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