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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

An excellent skier, though blind, Stan King shows his son, Steve, 7, how to prepare his ski equipment

Date9/8/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: An excellent skier; though blind; Stan King shows his son; Steve; 7; how to prepare his ski equipment. King; also blind; plays the organ in the living-room while son Michael; 4; looks on. Oblivious to everything is Addie; the King's seeing-eye dog. The Kings are two of 2;761 blind persons in the Metro area.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020828F
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