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Blind for 50 years, Rose Crawford learns the color of flowers from a nosegay held by Doreen Wilson at Central Hospital
Blind for 50 years, Rose Crawford learns the color of flowers from a nosegay held by Doreen Wilson at Central Hospital

Blind for 50 years, Rose Crawford learns the color of flowers from a nosegay held by Doreen Wilson at Central Hospital

Date4/3/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blind for 50 years; Rose Crawford learns the color of flowers from a nosegay held by Doreen Wilson at Central Hospital. Operations enables Mrs. Crawford to see her husband of 23 years for the first time. I knew he was tall; but he looked like a giant; she said. She lost sight at 4 after having two kinds of measles.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020953F
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